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Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.
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So use prosperity, that adversity may not abuse thee: if in the one, security admits no fears, in the other, despair will afford no hopes; he that in prosperity can foretell a danger can in adversity foresee deliverance.
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Mark, how the ready hands of Death prepare: His bow is bent, and he hath notch'd his dart; He aims, he levels at thy slumb'ring heart: The wound is posting, O be wise, beware.
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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.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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Francis Quarles
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Born:
May 8, 1592
Died:
September 8, 1644
(aged 52)
Bio:
Francis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.
Known for:
Emblemes (1635)
Emblems, divine and moral
Judgment and mercy for afflicted souls
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