Edmund Spenser, p. 409
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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
— Edmund Spenser on Mercy
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?" in the context of "Edmund Spenser, p. 409" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Mercy" (Quotes: Alphabetized by author , Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
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About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
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