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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.

Ben Jonson

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Enemy Grief Men
We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Fashion Quality Women
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
Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Greatness Mind Scorn Watches
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Glory Greed Wealth
He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Age Time
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Art Fool Inspirational
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Eye Government Letter
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Little Wise World
I have discovered that a famed familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less; for great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them.
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Men Popularity Slave
You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Mischief Past Virtue
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.
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Crafts Scratches Succeed
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Good Ready Writing
It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Art Giving Lying
Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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Cigarette Smoke Men Smoking

To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.

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