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Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Ben Jonson

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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Act Apes Courage Eye Mirror Time
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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Ignorance Men Science
Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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Cigarette Smoke Men Smoking
The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Dignity Life Losing
Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Guilt Terrible Things
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
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Relax Reputation Ruins
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
BEN JONSON

Sounded Swelling Use Words
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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Done Noble Person Wrong
Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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Art Enemy Ignorance
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
That old bald cheater, Time.
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Bald Cheater Old Time
If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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Art Being Poverty True
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Cup Drinking Men
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
BEN JONSON

Fear Hell No Prisoner

Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

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