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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.

Ben Jonson

The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
BEN JONSON

Men Smoking
I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
BEN JONSON

Affected Eloquence Foolish
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
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
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
BEN JONSON

Good Loss Men Rise
It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
BEN JONSON

Ancestry Honor Noble
There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
BEN JONSON

Creeds Doctrine Good Waiting
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
BEN JONSON

Conceited English Plain Play
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
BEN JONSON

Half Heaven Venture
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.
BEN JONSON

Feet Flower Roots
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
BEN JONSON

Father Greatness Son
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Evil Hate Men Oppress
Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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Men Silence Speech

Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.

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