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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.

Ben Jonson

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Funeral Physicians Punishment
Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Ancient Heaven Silent
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
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
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
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Indeed Luck Names Woundy
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Folly Impudence Rudeness
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fall Love Stars
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Mischief Past Virtue
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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Faces Home House
How near to good is what is fair!
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Fairs Good Goodness Near

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