That old bald cheater, Time.
BEN JONSONOne woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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A good king is a public servant.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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A 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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The way to rise is to obey and please.
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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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Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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