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O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

Ben Jonson

No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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Feet Flower Roots
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
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
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Courage Suffering Valor
It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Giving Men Virtue
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
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
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
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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Affliction Person Prayer Wicked
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Little Wise World

O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

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