The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
BEN JONSONGet money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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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.
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Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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