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Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.

Ben Jonson

Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
BEN JONSON

Book Looks Reader
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Ignorance Men Science
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
Your highest female grace is silence.
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Female Grace Silence
Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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Bird Kings Poet
Blueness doth express trueness.
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Color Trueness
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
Fortune, that favors fools.
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Favors Fool Fortune
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Frail Memories Mind
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
BEN JONSON

Cup Drinking Men

Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.

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