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• Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.

  Francis Quarles

  Heart, Men, Heaven

  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.96

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• Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth.

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  Hands, Generosity, Giving

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• They who cannot be induced to fear for love will never be enforced to love for fear. Love opens the heart, fear shuts it; that encourages, this compels; and victory meets encouragement, but flees compulsion.

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  Encouragement, Fear, Heart

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.24

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• He that hath no cross deserves no crown.

  Francis Quarles

  Crowns, Literature, Crosses

  "Hadassa". 1621.

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• If thy faith have no doubts, thou has just cause to doubt thy faith; and if thy doubts have no hope, thou hast just reason to fear despair; when therefore thy doubts shall exercise thy faith, keep thy hopes firm to qualify thy doubts; so shall thy faith be secured from doubts; so shall thy doubts be preserved from despair.

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  Faith, Exercise, Doubt

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• I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed.

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  Faith, Ravens, Lilies

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• Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it.

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  Spurs, Anticipation, Danger

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.82

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• When ambitious men find an open passage, they are rather busy than dangerous; and if well watched in their proceedings, they will catch them selves in their own snare, and prepare a way for their own destruction.

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  Ambition, Men, Self

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• Afflictions clarify the soul;
  And like hard masters, give more hard directions,
  Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

  Francis Quarles

  Giving, Soul, Age

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• Wouldst thou know the lawfulness of the action which thou desirest to undertake, let thy devotion recommend it to Divine blessing: if it be lawful, thou shalt perceive thy heart encouraged by thy prayer; if unlawful, thou shalt find thy prayer discouraged by thy heart. That action is not warrantable which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having succeeded, dares not present a thanksgiving.

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  Prayer, Heart, Blessing

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• Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he is a tender twig, straighten him; whilst he is a new vessel, season him; such as thou makest him, such commonly shall thou find him. Let his first lesson be obedience and his second shall be what thou wilt.

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  Children, Understanding, Frost

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• Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

  Francis Quarles

  Wisdom

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• Death's a fable. Did not Heaven inspire your equal Elements with living Fire blown from the Spring of Life? Is not that breath Immortal? Come; ye are as free from death as He that made ye: Can the flames expire which he kindled?

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  Death, Spring, Fire

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• How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?

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  Men, Thinking, Fire

  Francis Quarles (1777). “Emblems divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man”, p.26

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• See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.

  Francis Quarles

  Lying, Shadow, May

  Francis Quarles (1777). “Emblems”, p.87

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• When the flesh presents thee with delights, then present thyself with dangers; where the world possesses thee with vain hopes, there possess thyself with true fear; when the devil brings thee oil, bring thou vinegar. The way to be safe is never to be secure.

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  Oil, Temptation, Devil

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.94

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• He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to his own tongue.

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  Desire, Tongue, Ruins

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.5

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• Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.

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  Kings, Obedience, Highways

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• Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.

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  Neutrality, Prey, Dangerous

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.7

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• What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.

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  Son, Gold, Glitter

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• Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

  Francis Quarles

  Heaven, Ears, Literature

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

  Francis Quarles

  Fear, Heart, Literature

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• Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.

  Francis Quarles

  Vices, Way, Intemperance

  Francis Quarles (1681). “Enchiridion: containing institutions, divine ... moral”, p.174

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• Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.

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  Children, Wings, Giving

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.29

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• The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest.

  Francis Quarles

  Strong, Men, Giving

  Francis Quarles (1861). “Quarles' emblems, illustr. by C. Bennett and W.H. Rogers”, p.28

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