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The burnt child dreads the fire.

Ben Jonson

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
He threatens many that hath injured one.
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Crime Injured Threaten
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
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
I have discovered that a famed familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less; for great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them.
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Men Popularity Slave
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Heart Hypocrisy Spread
The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Birthday Praying Return
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Relax Reputation Ruins
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Glory Servant Virtue
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
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
It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Ears Speak Understanding
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Frail Memories Mind

The burnt child dreads the fire.

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