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title: "3 Cunning Quotes By Edmund Spenser"
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> [What man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, As to descry the crafty cunning train, By which deceit doth mask in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/what-man-so-wise-what-earthly-wit-so-ware-as-to-descry-the-crafty/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

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> [In youth, before I waxe' d old, The blind boy,Venus' baby, For want of cunning made me bold, In bitter hive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/in-youth-before-i-waxe-d-old-the-blind-boy-venus-baby-for-want-of/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

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> [Through knowledge we behold the world's creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature's cunning operation, How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/through-knowledge-we-behold-the-world-s-creation-how-in-his-cradle/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

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## Other authors on Cunning

## More by Edmund Spenser

> [“All this world's glory seemeth vain to me, And all their shows but shadows, saving she.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/all-this-world-s-glory-seemeth-vain-to-me-and-all-their-shows-but/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/the-merry-cuckow-messenger-of-spring-his-trumpet-shrill-hath-thrice/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/much-can-they-praise-the-trees-so-straight-and-high-the-sailing-pine/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [All flesh doth frailty breed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/all-flesh-doth-frailty-breed/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [“The whiles some one did chaunt this louely lay; Ah see, who so faire thing doest faine to see, In springing flowre the image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/the-whiles-some-one-did-chaunt-this-louely-lay-ah-see-who-so-faire/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Fretting grief the enemy of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/fretting-grief-the-enemy-of-life/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/make-haste-therefore-sweet-love-whilst-it-is-prime-for-none-can-call/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/in-one-consort-there-sat-cruel-revenge-and-rancorous-despite-disloyal/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/good-is-no-good-but-if-it-be-spend-god-giveth-good-for-none-other-end/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [“There is nothing lost, but may be found, if sought. (No hay nada perdido, que no pueda encontrarse, si se lo busca)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/there-is-nothing-lost-but-may-be-found-if-sought-no-hay-nada-perdido/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [“It is the mynd, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happie, rich or poore: For some, that hath abundance at his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/it-is-the-mynd-that-maketh-good-or-ill-that-maketh-wretch-or-happie/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/sweet-breathing-zephyrus-did-softly-play-a-gentle-spirit-that-lightly/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/i-was-promised-on-a-time-to-have-reason-for-my-rhyme-from-that-time/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [“For love is a celestial harmony Of likely hearts compos'd of stars' concent, Which join together in sweet sympathy, To work each other's joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/for-love-is-a-celestial-harmony-of-likely-hearts-compos-d-of-stars/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

> [Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/sleep-after-toil-port-after-stormy-seas-ease-after-war-death-after/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

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