"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."

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This reflection on wisdom by Francis Quarles resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in wisdom is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Francis Quarles

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

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"Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived."

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"It is a quiet truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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