Quote #2

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that has no cross deserves no crown.

More from Francis Quarles

  1. No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.
  2. Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are gone Like twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne.
  3. Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends.
  4. He that loves thee, He that keeps And guards thee, never slumbers, never sleeps.
  5. My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes; every day Speaks a new scene…
  6. Thou art my life, my way, my light
  7. Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: He that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger.
  8. Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.

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