Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems. Francis was born in Romford, Essex, and baptised there on 8 May 1592. He traced his ancestry to a family settled in England before the Norman Conquest with a long history in royal service.

His great-grandfather, George Quarles, was Auditor to Henry VIII, and his father, James Quarles, held several places under Elizabeth I and James I, for which he was rewarded with an estate called Stewards in Romford.

Date of birth:
8th May, 1592
Date of death:
8th September, 1644
"Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Wisdom
"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Wisdom
"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
Topic(s): God
"That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Friendship
"Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Faith
"Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Anger
"Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury."
― Francis Quarles
Topic(s): Anger

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