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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.

Ben Jonson

Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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Doors Judgment Lying Treasure
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Communication Motivational Wise
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Forget Sun Time
Man and wife make one fool.
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Marriage Men Wife
I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Another Grief Prayer Weariness Wish Wound
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
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
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Glory Servant Virtue
Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Hell Industry Yield
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
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
The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Half Heaven Venture
Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Ambition Conscience Law Rebel Self Soul
Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fall Love Stars

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