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If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.

Ben Jonson

Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
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
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
BEN JONSON

Live Pride Short
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Alone Brother Companions Money Sweet
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.
BEN JONSON

Aspersion Choose Good Journey Men
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
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Sounded Swelling Use Words
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Clothes Countenance Wit
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Beast Flattery Tyrant
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Boys Mean Money
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Death Good Man Men

If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.

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