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This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.

Edmund Spenser

Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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Angry Late Repent
But times do change and move continually.
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Change Move Time
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty
All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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Greatness Happiness Philosophy World
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
For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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Easy Man Willing
All for love, and nothing for reward.
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Love Reward
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Blissful Delight Garden Growth Happiness Immortal
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
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
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 there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
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

This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.

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