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I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.

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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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Good Greatness Once
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
How near to good is what is fair!
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Fairs Good Goodness Near
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Envy Honor Two
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Half Heaven Venture
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Anarchy Drinking Thinking
I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Ignorance Men Science
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Frail Memories Mind
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
Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Spring
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Love May Sake
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Forget Sun Time
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
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
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Degree Dispense Freedom
He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Age Time
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
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!
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Dream Life Struggle Vanish
Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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Age Example Fallen Good Youth

I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.

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I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.

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