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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

That old bald cheater, Time.
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Bald Cheater Old Time
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
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Mean Remembrance Rich World
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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Food Romantic Wine
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Another Grief Prayer Weariness Wish Wound
The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Conceited Fools Rome Two
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Communication Motivational Wise
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Cup Drinking Men
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Beast Fats Mischief
It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Giving Men Virtue
Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Dream Hate Hatred
Man and wife make one fool.
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Marriage Men Wife
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men

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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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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