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The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Ben Jonson

Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Ancient Heaven Silent
Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Blow Slumber Wind
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Argument Bears Sound
He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Age Time
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Beast Fats Mischief
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Fashion Quality Women
Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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Example Law Men Patteren People
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Discourse Harsh Speech
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Folly Impudence Rudeness
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
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
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Hate Hatred Ignorant
Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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