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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.

Ben Jonson

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
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
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Benefits Done Men
One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Character Trouble Women
Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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Doors Judgment Lying Treasure
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Away Harmony More Peace
Success hath made me wanton.
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Hath Made Success Wanton
Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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Care Cat Sorrow
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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Men Smoking
Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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Age Example Fallen Good Youth
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Funeral Physicians Punishment
The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Dignity Life Losing
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Passion Spiritual Understanding
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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Enough Pulse Sleep Time Wind
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect
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
Fortune, that favors fools.
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Favors Fool Fortune
Your highest female grace is silence.
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Female Grace Silence
Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Advice Silence
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Guilt Guilty Shame
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Heaven Prayer Praying
Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Guilt Terrible Things
… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Anchors Needs Sea

Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.

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