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Ben Jonson

The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Children Dread Fire
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Little Wise World
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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Men Strange Wrecks
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Good Man Heaven Men
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Please Success Way
Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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Funny Humor Ideas
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
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
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Half Heaven Venture
Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
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Courage Suffering Valor
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Art Fighting Winning
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
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

In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

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