Quotes of Francis Quarles - somelinesforyou

“ Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Physicians of all men are most happy; what good success they have, the world proclaimeth, and what faults they commit, the earth coverith. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Physicians of all men are most happy; what good success they have, the world proclaimeth, and what faults they commit, the earth coverith. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot when the fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and is the self-made sepulcher of a living man. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain… Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Our God and soldier we alike adore, When at the brink of ruin, not before; After deliverance both alike requited, Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ He that sets not his heart on what he possesses, forsaketh all things, though he keep his possessions. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ The best way to see Divine light, is to put out thine own candle. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Fond youth, give o'er,And vex thy soul no moreIn seeking what were better far unfound;Alas! thy gainsAre only present painsTo gather scorpions for a future wound. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of man, and effeminateth the strength of the heroic mind. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot when the fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and is the self-made sepulcher of a living man. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ No cross no crown. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ He that hath no cross deserves no crown. ”

- Francis Quarles
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