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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

Edmund Spenser

Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.
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Action Blame Heaven Man Success
Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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Chain Togetherness
So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
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Lesson Love Teaching
Those that were up themselves, kept others low; Those that were low themselves, held others hard; He suffered them to ryse or greater grow; But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.
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Greatness Growth Hard Hold Low Oneself Suffering
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest
Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Freedom Sin Wasted Time
Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To loose good dayes, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow.
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Day Fear Feed Goodness Hell Hope Night Sorrow Speed Unknown Wasted
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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Call Man Myself Right Virtue Wrong
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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Best Contentment Mindset Noble One Liner
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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Himself Home Hypocrisy True
Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords.
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Angry Fly Fruit Wait War Word
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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Greatness Myself Reach Rule
Through knowledge we behold the world’s creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature’s cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.
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Creation Form Herself Judgement Knowledge Nature Operation World
Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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Angel Gratitude Music One Liner Thankful

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

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