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I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation

Ben Jonson

Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
BEN JONSON

Book Faithful May
Hell itself must yield to industry.
BEN JONSON

Hell Industry Yield
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
BEN JONSON

Mind Punishment Vices
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
BEN JONSON

June Life Perfect Summer
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
BEN JONSON

Court Deny Mistress
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
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
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Beast Flattery Tyrant
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
BEN JONSON

Sounded Swelling Use Words
My thoughts and I were of another world.
BEN JONSON

Another World Thoughts
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Anarchy Drinking Thinking
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
BEN JONSON

Friendship Happiness Positive
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
BEN JONSON

Indeed Luck Names Woundy
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
Prevent your day at morning.
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Day Morning Prevent
It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
BEN JONSON

Enough Pulse Sleep Time Wind

I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation

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