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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.

Ben Jonson

O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Sight Swans Sweet
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
Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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Home Stills Wanderers
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men
Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Dream Hate Hatred
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Folly Impudence Rudeness
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
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
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Friendship Happiness Positive
Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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Men Silence Speech
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Communication Motivational Wise
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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Faces Home House

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