But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
EDMUND SPENSERUnhappie Verse, the witnesse of my unhappie state, Make thy selfe fluttring wings of thy fast flying Thought.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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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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So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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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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All for love, and nothing for reward.
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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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But times do change and move continually.
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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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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Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
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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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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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Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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