Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play." - Meaning and context.">
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Epigram. Respice Finem (1635).
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My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

— Francis Quarles

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play." in the context of "Epigram. Respice Finem (1635)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Francis Quarles

About Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.