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Our whole life is like a play.

Ben Jonson

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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Aspersion Choose Good Journey Men
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Funeral Physicians Punishment
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Beast Fats Mischief
Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fall Love Stars
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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Men Teaching Wise
Fortune, that favors fools.
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Favors Fool Fortune
I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Compassion Justice Weakness
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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Art Ask Matter Praise Style
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
Blueness doth express trueness.
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Color Trueness
Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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Horse Plies Wine
Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Ambition Needs Slave
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play

Our whole life is like a play.

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