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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?

Ben Jonson

Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
BEN JONSON

Death Good Man Men
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
BEN JONSON

Meat Swans Sweet
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
BEN JONSON

Dream Life Struggle Vanish
Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
BEN JONSON

Art Causes Drest Near Sweet
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
BEN JONSON

Court Deny Mistress
Peace is never more than one thought away.
BEN JONSON

Away Harmony More Peace
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
BEN JONSON

Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
For he that once is good, is ever great.
BEN JONSON

Good Greatness Once
Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
BEN JONSON

Bird Kings Poet
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
BEN JONSON

Father Greatness Son
Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
BEN JONSON

Beer Drink Wells
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
BEN JONSON

Hate Hatred Ignorant
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.
BEN JONSON

Morning Regret Simple
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.
BEN JONSON

Art Judging Men
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
BEN JONSON

Answer Lines Mention Penend Player Writing
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
BEN JONSON

Age Delight Soul Wonder

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