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Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.

Ben Jonson

Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Anxiety Care Possession
Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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Art Men Monsters
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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Affliction Person Prayer Wicked
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.
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Fruit Sweet Taken
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Men Money
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Spring
… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Anchors Needs Sea
Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Looks Meaning Weigh
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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Acknowledge Ass Devil
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
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
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

Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.

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Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.

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