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

Ben Jonson

Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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Education Inspirational Past
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Praise Strikes Strokes
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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Care Cat Sorrow
Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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Art Eye Neglect Simplicity Sweet
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
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
Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Dream Hate Hatred
Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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Force Free Nature Servile
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Boys Mean Money
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Men Truth Use
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Discourse Harsh Speech
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
BEN JONSON

Dream Life Struggle Vanish

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

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