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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?

Ben Jonson

Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Ambition Conscience Law Rebel Self Soul
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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Creeds Doctrine Good Waiting
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Easily May Men Taught Wise
There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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Real Spices Virtue
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Heart Hypocrisy Spread
Fortune, that favors fools.
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Favors Fool Fortune
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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Air Echoes Parted Sweet Thence
That old bald cheater, Time.
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Bald Cheater Old Time
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
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Good Loss Men Rise
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth

There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?

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