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Gentleness1 quote
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so well exposed, as by his manners. — Edmund Spenser · 1596Going for it1 quote
And he that strives to touch the stars,
Oft stumbles at a straw. — Edmund Spenser · 1579Manners1 quote
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so well exposed, as by his manners. — Edmund Spenser · 1596Rest1 quote
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,
Ease after war, death after life, does greatly please. — Edmund Spenser · 1590