Francis Quarles Quotes


It is a most just punishment, that man should lose that freedom, which man could not use, yet had power to keep, if he would; and that he who had knowledge to do what was right, and did not should be deprived of the knowledge of what was right; and that he who would not do righteously, when he had the power, should lose the power to do it, when he had the will.


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Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles
  • Born: May 8, 1592
  • Died: September 8, 1644
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

Francis Quarles was an English poet most notable for his emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.