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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.

Ben Jonson

Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
BEN JONSON

Faces Home House
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
BEN JONSON

Mind Punishment Vices
Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
BEN JONSON

Looks Meaning Weigh
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

Doors Judgment Lying Treasure
Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
BEN JONSON

Blow Slumber Wind
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSON

Glasses Men Speech
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
Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
BEN JONSON

Disease Mean Music
For he that once is good, is ever great.
BEN JONSON

Good Greatness Once
The way to rise is to obey and please.
BEN JONSON

Please Success Way
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
BEN JONSON

Passion Spiritual Understanding
Prevent your day at morning.
BEN JONSON

Day Morning Prevent
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
BEN JONSON

Hate Hatred Ignorant
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
BEN JONSON

Court Deny Mistress
I do honor the very flea of his dog.
BEN JONSON

Dog Hero Honor
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
BEN JONSON

Care Cat Sorrow

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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