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This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.

Edmund Spenser

So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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Easy Man Willing
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain Pleasure
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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Greatness Myself Reach Rule
Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine.
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Divine Hate Heart Jealous Joy Love Thinking
So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
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Day Flower Life Mortal Pass
But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.
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Angel Desire Fashion Heart Leadership Stop Talk Teaching
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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Adversity Fall Flower Right
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Herself Imitation Man Nature Truth
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
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
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
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Absence Cry Friendship Herself Loss
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty

This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.

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