Guilt’s a terrible thing.
BEN JONSONA valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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The way to rise is to obey and please.
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The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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A good king is a public servant.
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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