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Thankfulness is the tune of angels.

Edmund Spenser

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
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Love One Liner Rose Time
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
Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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Chain Togetherness
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn’d himself first to subdue.
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Himself Learning Wasted
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
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Betrayal Man Manner Mindset
Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.
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Appearance Bed Bright Flame Light Morning Stars
Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.
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Hard Horse Old Teaching
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Fall Lost Oneself Place
Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Freedom Sin Wasted Time
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
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!
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Flesh Live Man Spirit Teaching Yourself
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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Eyes Joy Missing Night

Thankfulness is the tune of angels.

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