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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.

Ben Jonson

Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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Horse Plies Wine
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Degree Dispense Freedom
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
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Lines Sweat Writing
The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Past Winning Years
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Indeed Luck Names Woundy
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
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
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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Blind Love Slight Thinking
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
BEN JONSON

Fear Men Passion

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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