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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.
— Francis Quarles
Tags: adversity

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Wickedness is its own punishment.
— Francis Quarles
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The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
— Francis Quarles
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The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
— Francis Quarles
Tags: dinner, world, great, heart
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
— Francis Quarles
Tags: honey, mouth, luxury, heart
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
Tags: may, hatred, night, anger
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