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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.

Ben Jonson

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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Aspersion Choose Good Journey Men
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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Feet Flower Roots
It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Ears Speak Understanding
The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Children Dread Fire
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
A good life is a main argument.
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Argument Good Inspirational Life
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Conceited English Plain Play
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
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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Men Smoking
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Conceited Fools Rome Two
There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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Real Spices Virtue
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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Men Teaching Wise

Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.

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