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What excellent fools religion makes of men.

Ben Jonson

Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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Law Men Mind Order Sense
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
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
Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Sight Swans Sweet
It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Giving Men Virtue
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Art Giving Lying
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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False Giving News True
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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Dear Estimation Hypocrisy
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks
How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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Fortune Practise Sports
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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Black Brain House
Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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Disease Mean Music

What excellent fools religion makes of men.

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