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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

No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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Morning Regret Simple
Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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Law Men Mind Order Sense
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Praise Strikes Strokes
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Fine Melancholy Perfect Wit
Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Ambition Conscience Law Rebel Self Soul
All concord’s born of contraries.
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Born Contradiction Contrary
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Glory Servant Virtue
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Evil Hate Men Oppress
Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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May Poetry War
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Art Fighting Winning
Fortune, that favors fools.
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Favors Fool Fortune
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Indeed Luck Names Woundy
Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Advice Silence
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

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