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Francis Quarles Quote: “Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world’s a trap.”

151. “Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world’s a trap.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.”

152. “Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “Toyish airs please trivial ears.”

153. “Toyish airs please trivial ears.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “Every man’s vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man’s folly ought to be his greatest secret.”

154. “Every man’s vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man’s folly ought to be his greatest secret.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “False world, thou ly’st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.”

155. “False world, thou ly’st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “Things temporal are sweeter in the expectation, things eternal are sweeter in the fruition; the first shames thy hope, the second crowns it; it is a vain journey, whose end affords less pleasure than the way.”

156. “Things temporal are sweeter in the expectation, things eternal are sweeter in the fruition; the first shames thy hope, the second crowns it; it is a vain journey, whose end affords less pleasure than the way.”

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Francis Quarles Quote: “If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.”

157. “If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “Heav’n is not always got by running.”

158. “Heav’n is not always got by running.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.”

159. “Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.”

160. “What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “Be as far from desiring the popular love as fearful to deserve the popular hate; ruin dwells in both: the one will hug thee to death; the other will crush thee to destruction: to escape the first, be not ambitious; to avoid the second, be not seditious.”

161. “Be as far from desiring the popular love as fearful to deserve the popular hate; ruin dwells in both: the one will hug thee to death; the other will crush thee to destruction: to escape the first, be not ambitious; to avoid the second, be not seditious.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper it. Had Nero tuned his kingdom as he did his harp, his harmony had been more honorable, and his reign more prosperous.”

162. “Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper it. Had Nero tuned his kingdom as he did his harp, his harmony had been more honorable, and his reign more prosperous.”

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.”

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

— Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles Quote: “Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.”

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

— Francis Quarles

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