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O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

Ben Jonson

Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Clothes Countenance Wit
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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Food Romantic Wine
A good king is a public servant.
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Good King Kings Servant
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Birthday Praying Return
I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Compassion Justice Weakness
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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Men Teaching Wise
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Answer Lines Mention Penend Player Writing
A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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Aspersion Choose Good Journey Men
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Beast Fats Mischief
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Anxiety Care Possession

O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

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