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Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.

Ben Jonson

Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Dream Hate Hatred
Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Hell Industry Yield
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
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
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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Air Echoes Parted Sweet Thence
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Sounded Swelling Use Words
Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Clothes Countenance Wit
He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Courses Reputation Sells
Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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Home Joy
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Discourse Harsh Speech
That old bald cheater, Time.
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Bald Cheater Old Time
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
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Good Loss Men Rise

Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.

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