All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
EDMUND SPENSERFor easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.
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For that which all men then did virtue call, Is now called vice; and that which vice was hight, Is now hight virtue, and so used of all: Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is right.
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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
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Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords.
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How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed upon them according to the simple rule of right.
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No dainty flower or herbs that grows on ground, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweet, but there it might be found To bud out fair, and throw her sweet smells all around.
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