Francis Quarles

(20 votes)   Wickedness is its own punishment.

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

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(18 votes)   That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

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(16 votes)   Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

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(14 votes)   The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

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(14 votes)   The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

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(11 votes)   I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

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(9 votes)   Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

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(107 votes)   He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.

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1592-1644, British Poet

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(70 votes)   Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.

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1592-1644, British Poet

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(16 votes)   Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word ''satiety.''

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(15 votes)   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.

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(14 votes)   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.

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(13 votes)   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.

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(13 votes)   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.

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