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From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

Edmund Spenser

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
Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.
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Hard Horse Old Teaching
The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Herself Imitation Man Nature Truth
Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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Angel Gratitude Music One Liner Thankful
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
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
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
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
Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Character Inspirational Personality
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
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his annext: Here Sleepe, ther Richesse, and hel-gate them both betwext.
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Compare Death Help Home Sleep
For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Action Bad Evil Home Word
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
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
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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Adversity Fall Flower Right

From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

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From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

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