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All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

Edmund Spenser

To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
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 that which all men then did virtue call, Is now called vice; and that which vice was hight, Is now hight virtue, and so used of all: Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is right.
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Call Man Myself Right Virtue Wrong
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
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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Myself Promise Reason Season Time
Fretting grief the enemy of life.
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Enemy Grief Life One Liner
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
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
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
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
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
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
All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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Greatness Happiness Philosophy World
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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Burn Cruelty Death Hate Heart Oneself Revenge Treason

All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

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