Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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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Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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