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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.

Ben Jonson

Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Good Man Heaven Men
Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Degree Dispense Freedom
Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Hell Industry Yield
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Love May Sake
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Mischief Past Virtue
Your highest female grace is silence.
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Female Grace Silence
Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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May Poetry War
Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Advice Silence
Success hath made me wanton.
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Hath Made Success Wanton
Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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Book Looks Reader
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Cup Drinking Men
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying

A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.

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