Freedom doth with degree dispense.
BEN JONSONForbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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A good king is a public servant.
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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