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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.

Ben Jonson

Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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Art Men Monsters
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
It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
BEN JONSON

Giving Men Virtue
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
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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Care Cat Sorrow
One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Character Trouble Women
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
BEN JONSON

Men Religion Religious
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.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Heart Hypocrisy Spread
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Men Money
Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
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Art Common Lying Security Sleep
Your highest female grace is silence.
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Female Grace Silence
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Eye Government Letter
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
BEN JONSON

Honesty Vulgar

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.

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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.

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