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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.

Ben Jonson

Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Folly Impudence Rudeness
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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Broken Honor Long
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
BEN JONSON

Fashion Quality Women
The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Dignity Life Losing
The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
BEN JONSON

Orators Oratory Poet
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
BEN JONSON

Food Romantic Wine
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
BEN JONSON

Dear Estimation Hypocrisy
Success hath made me wanton.
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Hath Made Success Wanton
Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
BEN JONSON

Funny Humor Ideas
You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Mischief Past Virtue
I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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False Giving News True
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent

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