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The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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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.
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Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.
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My mind's my kingdom.
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If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.
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O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it, That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute?
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Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger not before:After deliverance, both alike requiredOur Gods forgotten, and our Souldiers slighted.
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Afflictions clarify the soul And like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.
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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
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If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
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As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great.
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Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.
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In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell the husk often tells you what the kernel is.
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Heav'n is not always got by running.
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Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds.
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Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
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Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true.
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Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.
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No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.
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Thy ignorance in unrevealed mysteries is the mother of a saving faith, and thy understanding in revealed truths is the mother of a sacred knowledge understand not therefore that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand understanding is the wages of a lively faith and faith is the reward of an humble ignorance.
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With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.
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