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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.

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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
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Enemy Grief Men
He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Age Time
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Frail Memories Mind
Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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Act Apes Courage Eye Mirror Time
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Greatness Mind Scorn Watches
Blueness doth express trueness.
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Color Trueness
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
Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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Law Men Mind Order Sense
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
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
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Courses Reputation Sells
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Glory Servant Virtue

Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.

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