The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
EDMUND SPENSERFor 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.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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All flesh doth frailty breed!
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For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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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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Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Waking love suffereth no sleepe: Say, that raging love dothe appall the weake stomacke: Say, that lamenting love marreth the musicall.
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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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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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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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And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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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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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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