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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.

Ben Jonson

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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Aspersion Choose Good Journey Men
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
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
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Answer Lines Mention Penend Player Writing
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Birthday Praying Return
Blueness doth express trueness.
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Color Trueness
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Good Loss Men Rise
Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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Home Stills Wanderers
Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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Act Apes Courage Eye Mirror Time
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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Education Inspirational Past
The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Conceited Fools Rome Two
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play
I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Compassion Justice Weakness

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