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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.

Ben Jonson

The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Conceited Fools Rome Two
Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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Fruit Sweet Taken
Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Argument Bears Sound
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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Education Inspirational Past
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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Faces Home House
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
Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Clothes Countenance Wit
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.
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Father Greatness Son
I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Compassion Justice Weakness
How near to good is what is fair!
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Fairs Good Goodness Near
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Court Deny Mistress
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Friendship Happiness Positive
Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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Chair Light Queens Seated Sleep
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Envy Honor Two

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