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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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Men Teaching Wise
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Indeed Luck Names Woundy
Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Blow Slumber Wind
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
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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Morning Regret Simple
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
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Mean Remembrance Rich World
Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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Age Example Fallen Good Youth
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Hate Hatred Ignorant
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Fear Hell No Prisoner
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play
Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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Book Looks Reader
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks

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