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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.

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For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
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Exercise Men Writing
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
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Anxiety Care Possession
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men’s perfections in a science he formed still one Art.
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Art Judging Men
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
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Relax Reputation Ruins
Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
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Lines Sweat Writing
There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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Creeds Doctrine Good Waiting
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Love May Sake
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
I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Ignorance Men Science
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Sounded Swelling Use Words
Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Ambition Conscience Law Rebel Self Soul
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary

Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.

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