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Francis Quarles Quotes: Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.
         

Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.


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

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



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.

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.



Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.



Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.



If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.



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.

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.



O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.



That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.



The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.



Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.





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