Francis Quarles Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

  Francis Quarles

  Love, Heart, Literature

  'Emblems' (1635) bk. 1, no. 12 'Hugo de Anima'

• Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

  Francis Quarles

  Anger, Power, Long

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

  Francis Quarles

  Friendship, Genuine Friends, Literature

• The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

  Francis Quarles

  Perseverance, Lying, Doubt

• Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

  Francis Quarles

  Worry, Literature, May

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.87

• It is the lot of man but once to die.

  Francis Quarles

  Men, Literature, Dies

  Francis Quarles, Christopher Harvey (1866). “Emblems, divine and moral; The school of the heart [really by C. Harvey] and Hieroglyphies of the life of man”, p.206

• Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

  Francis Quarles

  Fear, Literature, Action

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.18

• Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

  Francis Quarles

  Heaven, Ears, Literature

• Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

  Francis Quarles

  Fear, Heart, Literature

• Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

  Francis Quarles

  Wisdom, Cards, Literature

• Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labour, and so shall thy labour sweeten thy rest.

  Francis Quarles

  Clothes, Literature, Care

  "Enchiridion: Containing Institutions Divine; Contemplative; Practical; Moral; Ethical; Œconomical; Political".

• Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.

  Francis Quarles

  Hate, Anger, Night

  Francis Quarles (1822). “Uniform with the Enchiridion: Spare Minutes Or Resolved Meditations and Premeditated Resolutions”, p.117

• He that hath no cross deserves no crown.

  Francis Quarles

  Crowns, Literature, Crosses

  "Hadassa". 1621.

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