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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.

Ben Jonson

Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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Disease Mean Music
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Ambition Needs Slave
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Hate Hatred Ignorant
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Praise Strikes Strokes
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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Ancient Heaven Silent
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Men Money
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Love May Sake
The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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Acknowledge Ass Devil
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Fear Hell No Prisoner
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Men Truth Use
How near to good is what is fair!
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Fairs Good Goodness Near
It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Greatness Mind Scorn Watches

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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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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