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All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.

Edmund Spenser

Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
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Inspirational Love Power
Me seems the world is run quite out of square,From the first point of his appointed source,And being once amiss grows daily worse and worse.
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Growth Quite Run World Worst
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
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Character Inspirational Personality
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
All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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Greatness Happiness Philosophy World
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty
Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.
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Action Blame Heaven Man Success
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
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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Action Death Live Man Thinking Wisdom Word
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain

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