Francis Quarles (8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems .
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Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. Go to Quote / Comment
Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. Go to Quote / Comment
If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. Go to Quote / Comment
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. Go to Quote / Comment
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Go to Quote / Comment