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Francis Quarles, a renowned English poet, was born on May 8, 1592, and died on September 8, 1644. His poetry focused on religious and moral themes, deeply influenced by Puritan thought.

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Famous Francis Quarles Quotes

“Death's a fable. Did not Heaven inspire your equal Elements with living Fire blown from the Spring of Life? Is not that breath Immortal? Come; ye are as free from death as He that made ye: Can the flames expire which he kindled?”

Made Life Is Death Heaven Fire Inspire Equal Elements Spring Breaths Flames Immortal Fables

Author:Francis Quarles

“How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?”

Thinking Men May Soul Desire Fire Flames Anxious Fever Being Cool Hectic

Book:Emblems divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man

Source: Emblems divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man

“O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.”

Ends Hell Fire Pride Lust Smoke Flames Fuel Ashes Sparkle Gluttony Wanton Infamy

Book:The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

Source: The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

“Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds.”

Mind Fire Rocks Wind Wave Furious

Book:Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

“The worldly wisdom of the foolish man Is like a sieve, that does alone retain The grosser substance of the worthless bran: But thou, my soul, let thy brave thoughts disdain So coarse a purchase: O be thou a fan To purge the chaff, and keep the winnow'd grain: Make clean thy thoughts, and dress thy mixt desires: Thou art Heav'n's tasker, and thy God requires The purest of thy flow'r, as well as of thy fires.”

Source: The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

“What money creates, money preserves: if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies; it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give, and frowns can take; and not worth the owning which a night's fire can melt, or a rough sea can drown.”

Ifs Giving Night Dies Wealth Fire Sea Honor Fortune Preserves Rough Decay Slippery Rough Seas

Author:Francis Quarles

“My soul, what's lighter than a feather? Wind. Than wind? The fire. And what than fire? The mind. What's lighter than the mind? A thought. Than thought? This bubble world. What than this bubble? Nought.”

World Mind Soul Fire Wind My Soul Bubbles Feathers Lighters

Book:Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

“When two agree in their desire, One sparke will set them both on fire.”

Two Desire Fire Agree

Author:Francis Quarles