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Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.

Ben Jonson

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.
BEN JONSON

Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
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
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
BEN JONSON

Forget Sun Time
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
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Glory Greed Wealth
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.
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Ancestry Honor Noble
If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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Art Being Poverty True
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
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.
BEN JONSON

Another Grief Prayer Weariness Wish Wound
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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Men Smoking
Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Argument Bears Sound
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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Good Greatness Once
Your highest female grace is silence.
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Female Grace Silence
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
BEN JONSON

Dream Life Struggle Vanish
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
BEN JONSON

Conceited English Plain Play

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.

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