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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.

Ben Jonson

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Envy Honor Two
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Glasses Men Speech
What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Men Religion Religious
O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Fear Men Passion
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Communication Motivational Wise
Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Hate Honor Men Time
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Good Loss Men Rise
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Drinking Sorrow Use
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
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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Education Inspirational Past
Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Blow Slumber Wind
Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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Force Free Nature Servile
The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Please Success Way

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