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I have discovered that a famed familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less; for great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them.
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Men Popularity Slave
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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Art Being Poverty True
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
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
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Hate Hatred Ignorant
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
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
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
Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Degree Dispense Freedom
One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Character Trouble Women
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
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Art Causes Drest Near Sweet

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