Francis Quarles Quotes About Silence

Quotes about: Silence

• The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.

  Francis Quarles

  Humility, Voice, Silence

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.91

• Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence.

  Francis Quarles

  Silence, Purpose, Lasts

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.80

• If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

  Francis Quarles

  Wise, Silence, Desire

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.63

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