Francis Quarles, Emblems, Book II, Emblem 13; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 181.
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The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid, Discharged, perchance with greater ease than made.
— Francis Quarles on Debt
What It Means
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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.
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.
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