Edmund Spenser Quotes


It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. Edmund Spenser Mind 122
And all for love, and nothing for reward. Edmund Spenser Love 107
It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. Edmund Spenser Uncategorized 90
Why then should witless man so much misweene That nothing is but that which he hath seene? Edmund Spenser Faith 89
But Justice, though her dome doom she doe prolong,Yet at the last she will her owne cause right. Edmund Spenser 80
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw. Edmund Spenser Oft 73
Why then should witless man so much misweene That nothing is but that which he hath seene Edmund Spenser Perspective 54
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty? Edmund Spenser Uncategorized 41
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please. Edmund Spenser Life 40
I was promised on a time – to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason. Edmund Spenser Uncategorized 35
Yet gold all is not that doth gold seem Nor all good knights that shake well spear and shield The worth of all men by their end esteem And then praise or due reproach them yield. Edmund Spenser Human nature 35
Aye me how many perils do enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold And steadfast truth acquite him out of all. Edmund Spenser Grace 34

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