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“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”

Francis Quarles · Wisdom

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Francis Quarles

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

Friendship

Francis Quarles

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.

Anger

Francis Quarles

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.

Anger

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.

God