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Men Quotes by Edmund Spenser
- 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…
- For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
- Beauty is not, as fond men misdeem, an outward show of things that only seem.
- For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the…
- How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
- One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand,…
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