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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

Ben Jonson

He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
BEN JONSON

Art Fool Inspirational
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Men Money
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
BEN JONSON

Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
BEN JONSON

Long Pleasure Treasure
Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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Act Apes Courage Eye Mirror Time
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Age Delight Soul Wonder
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Men Truth Use
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Beast Flattery Tyrant
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
BEN JONSON

Air Echoes Parted Sweet Thence
How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
BEN JONSON

Fortune Practise Sports
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
BEN JONSON

Hate Honor Men Time
Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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Men Silence Speech
That old bald cheater, Time.
BEN JONSON

Bald Cheater Old Time
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Court Deny Mistress
I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
BEN JONSON

Broken Honor Long

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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