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To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.

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
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain Pleasure
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
The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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Himself Home Hypocrisy True
Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed upon them according to the simple rule of right.
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Fashion Law Manner Right Rule Simplicity
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
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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Angel Desire Fashion Heart Leadership Stop Talk Teaching
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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Greatness Myself Reach Rule
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan’s beams, which then did glister fair.
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Breathe Fair Light Play Soft Spirit Sweet
Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.
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End God Goodness
So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
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Day Flower Life Mortal Pass
Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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Angry Late Repent
Who would ever care to do brave deed, Or strive in virtue others to excel, If none should yield him his deserved meed Due praise, that is the spur of doing well? For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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Action Brave Care Deserve Excellence Freedom Goodness Praise Virtue Willing
For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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Eyes Joy Missing Night

To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.

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