For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
EDMUND SPENSERWoe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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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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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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So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
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For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his annext: Here Sleepe, ther Richesse, and hel-gate them both betwext.
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Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate’s decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
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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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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.
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