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All concord’s born of contraries.

Ben Jonson

Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fall Love Stars
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
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Fear Hell No Prisoner
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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Men Teaching Wise
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Glory Greed Wealth
Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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Disease Mean Music
To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Change Men Want Welcome
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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Fruit Sweet Taken
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
The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Please Success Way
You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Mischief Past Virtue
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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Joy Speak Tongue

All concord’s born of contraries.

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