"The Faerie Queene" Quotes
An epic poem following the adventures of knights and ladies in a fantastical land.
poetry | Published in 1979
Quotes
For that which all men then did vertue call, is now cald vice.
Foolhardy constance and rash persons praise, the gentle minde the wise doth soonest raise.
But when they came where thou thy tokens spread, they found no sign, but fear and silence dead.
For all that fair is, is by nature good; that is a sign to know the gentle blood.
His heart is true, and stout with valiant thought.
The gentle minde the wise doth soonest raise.
True love is a durable fire, in the mind ever burning.
The way to win a woman's heart is to make her feel that she is in your power, without knowing it herself.
To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness their first nourishment.
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
