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“Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.”

Francis Quarles · Wisdom

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Francis Quarles

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Fear

Francis Quarles

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

Wisdom

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

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.

Fear