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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.

Ben Jonson

Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fall Love Stars
Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Sight Swans Sweet
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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Dear Estimation Hypocrisy
How near to good is what is fair!
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Fairs Good Goodness Near
That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Alone Brother Companions Money Sweet
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
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
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Past Winning Years
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Glory Servant Virtue
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Funeral Physicians Punishment
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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Art Ask Matter Praise Style

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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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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