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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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Ancestry Honor Noble
It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
BEN JONSON

Greatness Mind Scorn Watches
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
BEN JONSON

Indeed Luck Names Woundy
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
Guilt’s a terrible thing.
BEN JONSON

Guilt Terrible Things
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
BEN JONSON

Meat Swans Sweet
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks
Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
BEN JONSON

Sight Swans Sweet
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
BEN JONSON

Fear Hell No Prisoner
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
BEN JONSON

Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
BEN JONSON

Praise Strikes Strokes
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Beast Flattery Tyrant
I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Dog Hero Honor
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Past Winning Years

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