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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering

Ben Jonson

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.
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Blow Slumber Wind
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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Good Time Illustrate Men Stars
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Past Winning Years
As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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Art Ask Matter Praise Style
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Men Truth Use
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
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Glory Greed Wealth
Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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Art Men Monsters
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Beast Flattery Tyrant
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
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
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Giving Men Virtue
The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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Acknowledge Ass Devil

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