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All concord’s born of contraries.

Ben Jonson

I have discovered that a famed familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less; for great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them.
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Men Popularity Slave
… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Anchors Needs Sea
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
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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Chair Light Queens Seated Sleep
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Answer Lines Mention Penend Player Writing
A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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Die Fall Flower Night Proportion
There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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Creeds Doctrine Good Waiting
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Love May Sake
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
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Art Causes Drest Near Sweet
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Little Wise World
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Boys Mean Money
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs

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