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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.

Ben Jonson

I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Father Men Parent
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Discourse Harsh Speech
How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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Fortune Practise Sports
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
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Father Greatness Son
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
BEN JONSON

Indeed Luck Names Woundy
Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
BEN JONSON

Beer Drink Wells
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Gratitude Men Needs
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
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
Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Looks Meaning Weigh
He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Courses Reputation Sells
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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Home Joy
Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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Force Free Nature Servile

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