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Wickedness is its own punishment.

~Francis Quarles

Topics: Own Punishment Wickedness

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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

Topics: Avoided Cannot Confident Defeat Deprived Fear Folly Fortune Impossible Industry Less May Nothing Possibility Prevent Secure Than Thy

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The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

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Topics: Average Ear Person Weighs Were You

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

~Francis Quarles

Topics: Cares Clothes Labor Off Put Rest Shall Strengthen Thy

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Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.

~Francis Quarles

Topics: Action Honor Life Meditation Reward Soul

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Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

~Francis Quarles

Topics: Gets Got Once Only Wisdom

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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

~Francis Quarles

Topics: Had Much Pleasure Reading Thee Wish Writing I Wish

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: May 8th, 1592

Died: September 8th, 1644

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