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 SPENSERThose 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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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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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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So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
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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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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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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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Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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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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All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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