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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!

Edmund Spenser

For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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Choice Freedom Goodness Praise Sick Willing
All for love, and nothing for reward.
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Love Reward
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Herself Imitation Man Nature Truth
The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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Advice Bite Hard Ocean
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
I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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Myself Promise Reason Season Time
Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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Chain Togetherness
A circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world, if it were to be compassed, the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace as the heart with gold. The air fills not the body, neither doth money the covetous mind of man.
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Body Easy Gold Heart Man Mindset World
Joy may you have and gentle hearts content Of your loves couplement: And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love, With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile
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Content Heart Love Queen Smile Yourself
For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Action Bad Evil Home Word
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
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
All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed; Go to my love, where she is careless laid.
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Color Earth Flower Glory Goodness Herself Love Spring
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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Day Fear Feed Goodness Hell Hope Night Sorrow Speed Unknown Wasted
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest

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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