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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

Ben Jonson

Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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Act Apes Courage Eye Mirror Time
Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Cutting Men Whispering
Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Argument Bears Sound
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Men Salt Way
Success hath made me wanton.
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Hath Made Success Wanton
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Answer Lines Mention Penend Player Writing
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Applause Crowns Mind Virtue
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
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Mean Remembrance Rich World
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Fear Hell No Prisoner
Our whole life is like a play.
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Life Play Whole
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Easily May Men Taught Wise
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Absence Hope Love Miss Sweet
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Glory Greed Wealth

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

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