Quote#Freedom
Fondnesse it were for any being free
Quote byEdmund Spenser · 1552–1599
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Amoretti (1595), Sonnet XXXVII.
English (original)
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
— Edmund Spenser
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