The noblest mind the best contentment has.
EDMUND SPENSERWaking love suffereth no sleepe: Say, that raging love dothe appall the weake stomacke: Say, that lamenting love marreth the musicall.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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She bathed with roses red, And violets blew. And all the sweetest flowers That in the forest grew.
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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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Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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Beauty is not, as fond men misdeem, an outward show of things that only seem.
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Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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Who would ever care to do brave deed, Or strive in virtue others to excel, If none should yield him his deserved meed Due praise, that is the spur of doing well? For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.
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But times do change and move continually.
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Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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But O the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels, he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
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