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Ben Jonson

Tell troth and shame the devil.
BEN JONSON

Devil Shame Truth
Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
BEN JONSON

Clothes Countenance Wit
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
BEN JONSON

Art Fighting Winning
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
BEN JONSON

Cutting Men Whispering
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
BEN JONSON

Ambition Inspiration Looks
Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
BEN JONSON

Home Joy
Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
BEN JONSON

Home Stills Wanderers
To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
BEN JONSON

Change Men Want Welcome
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
BEN JONSON

Frail Memories Mind
Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
BEN JONSON

Beer Drink Wells
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
BEN JONSON

Good Time Illustrate Men Stars
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
BEN JONSON

Gratitude Men Needs
I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
BEN JONSON

False Giving News True
A good dog deserves a good bone.
BEN JONSON

Bones Canine Dog
It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
BEN JONSON

Art Giving Lying
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
BEN JONSON

Anarchy Drinking Thinking

That old bald cheater, Time.

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