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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.

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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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Chair Light Queens Seated Sleep
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
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Mean Remembrance Rich World
For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
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Exercise Men Writing
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
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
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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Real Spices Virtue
As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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Art Ask Matter Praise Style
We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Fashion Quality Women
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men’s perfections in a science he formed still one Art.
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Art Judging Men
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Evil Hate Men Oppress
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Envy Honor Two
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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Good Greatness Once
He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Age Time
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering

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.

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