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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Ben Jonson

In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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Black Brain House
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Anarchy Drinking Thinking
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
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men?
BEN JONSON

Men Mistress Shadow
A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
BEN JONSON

Die Fall Flower Night Proportion
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Boys Mean Money
Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
BEN JONSON

Courage Suffering Valor
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Dog Hero Honor
That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
BEN JONSON

Alone Brother Companions Money Sweet
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
BEN JONSON

Care Cat Sorrow

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