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Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.

Ben Jonson

Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
BEN JONSON

Fruit Sweet Taken
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
BEN JONSON

Cutting Men Whispering
He was not of an age, but for all time!
BEN JONSON

Age Time
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
BEN JONSON

Conceited English Plain Play
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
BEN JONSON

Cup Drinking Men
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
BEN JONSON

Good Time Illustrate Men Stars
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
BEN JONSON

Good Man Heaven Men
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
BEN JONSON

Good Ready Writing
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
BEN JONSON

Men Truth Use
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
BEN JONSON

Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
Your highest female grace is silence.
BEN JONSON

Female Grace Silence
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
BEN JONSON

Guilt Guilty Shame
The way to rise is to obey and please.
BEN JONSON

Please Success Way
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSON

Glasses Men Speech
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
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
BEN JONSON

Infinite Men Soul

Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.

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