Quote by Francis Quarles
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. - Francis Quarles

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. – Francis Quarles

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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles

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Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. – Francis Quarles

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The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. – Frederick William Robertson

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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. – Edward Young

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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. – Proverb

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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. – Franz Grillparzer

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I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale. – Robert Morgan

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Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it. – Marlon Wayans

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Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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I will not play tug o war. Id rather play hug o war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. – Shel Silverstein

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