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Rising glory occasions the greatest envy, as kindling fire the greatest smoke.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
Poet
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Glory
Greatest
Fire
Kindling
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Rising
Envy
Smoke

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