Wickedness is its own punishment.
More Quotes from Francis Quarles:
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.Francis Quarles
What money creates, money preserves if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give, and frowns can take and not worth the owning which a night's fire can melt, or a rough sea can drown
Francis Quarles
He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
Francis Quarles
Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny Plato, a privilege of nature Theophrastus, a silent cheat Theocritus, a delightful prejudice Carneades, a solitary kingdom Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the w.
Francis Quarles
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.
Francis Quarles
The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
Francis Quarles
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