Francis Quarles Quote

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.


Emblems divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (ed. 1777)


What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.