And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

Quote by Edmund Spenser

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True loves are often sown, but seldom grow on ground.

True loves are often sown, but seldom grow on ground.

Gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Gold all is not that doth golden seem.

And all for love, and nothing for reward.

And all for love, and nothing for reward.

Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine...

Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine...

What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?

What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed...

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed...

It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich...

It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich...

O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong?

O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong?

The blazing brightnesse of her beauties beame, And glorious light of her sunshyny face To...

The blazing brightnesse of her beauties beame, And glorious light of her sunshyny face To...

I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that...

I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that...

She heard with patience all unto the end, / And strove to maister sorrowful assay,...

She heard with patience all unto the end, / And strove to maister sorrowful assay,...

Be judge ye heavens, that all things right esteem, How I him loved, and love...

Be judge ye heavens, that all things right esteem, How I him loved, and love...

I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my...

I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my...

Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly...

Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly...

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.

She heard with patience all unto the end, And strove to maister sorrowful assay, Which...

She heard with patience all unto the end, And strove to maister sorrowful assay, Which...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

The one thing that has keeps me from love is doubt.

The one thing that has keeps me from love is doubt.

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most...

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most...

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...