That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
More Quotes from Francis Quarles:
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.Francis Quarles
The light of the understanding- humility kindleth and pride covereth.
Francis Quarles
Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
Francis Quarles
Be wisely worldly, not worldly wise.
Francis Quarles
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Quarles
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.
Francis Quarles
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