Francis Quarles (8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.
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“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
“Like to the Artick needle, that doth guide
The wand’ring shade by his magnetick pow’r,
And leaves his silken Gnomon to decide
The question of the controverted houre;”
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644)