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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.

Ben Jonson

To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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Blind Love Slight Thinking
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Friendship Happiness Positive
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Beast Fats Mischief
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
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Benefits Done Men
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Evil Hate Men Oppress
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
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Enemy Grief Men
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious

Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.

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