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The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Ben Jonson

The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.
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Action Calumny Watches
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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Air Echoes Parted Sweet Thence
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
BEN JONSON

Frail Memories Mind
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Forget Sun Time
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Good Loss Men Rise
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Anarchy Drinking Thinking
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
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Dream Life Struggle Vanish
True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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Joy Speak Tongue
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Discourse Harsh Speech
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play

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