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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.

Ben Jonson

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
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Easily May Men Taught Wise
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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Home Stills Wanderers
Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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Age Example Fallen Good Youth
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Forget Sun Time
I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
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.
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Art Judging Men
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Communication Motivational Wise
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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Feet Flower Roots
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Boys Mean Money
A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Bones Canine Dog
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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Art Enemy Ignorance
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Little Wise World
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!
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Dream Life Struggle Vanish
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
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Change Men Want Welcome
The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Dignity Life Losing
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Praise Strikes Strokes
One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Character Trouble Women
I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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Affected Eloquence Foolish
As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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Art Ask Matter Praise Style
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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Care Cat Sorrow

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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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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