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Ben Jonson

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men
Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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Fruit Sweet Taken
The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Infinite Men Soul
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Anxiety Care Possession
… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Anchors Needs Sea
Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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Horse Plies Wine
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Relax Reputation Ruins
Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Dream Hate Hatred
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Hate Hatred Ignorant
Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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Art Men Monsters
Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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Fortune Men
Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Advice Silence
True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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Joy Speak Tongue
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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Affliction Person Prayer Wicked

He was not of an age, but for all time!

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