Francis Quarles Quotes - Page 9

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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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• Some only break their Fast, and so away:
  Others stay to Dinner, and depart full fed:
  The deepest Age but Sups, and goes to Bed:
  He's most in debt that lingers out the Day:
  Who dies betime, has less, and less to pay.

  Francis Quarles

  Life, Age, Dinner

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• If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.

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  Graves, Having Patience, Inferiors

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• Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.

  Francis Quarles

  Art, Fingers, Blur

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.58

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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.

  Francis Quarles

  Prayer, Heart, Blessing

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• Make philosophy thy journey, theology thy journey's end: philosophy is a pleasant way, but dangerous to him that either tires or retires; in this journey it is safe neither to loiter nor to rest, till thou hast attained thy journey's end; he that sits down a philosopher rises up an atheist.

  Francis Quarles

  Atheist, Philosophy, Journey

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.89

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