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Guilt’s a terrible thing.

Ben Jonson

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Mind Punishment Vices
… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Anchors Needs Sea
Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Live Pride Short
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Past Winning Years
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
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Heart Hypocrisy Spread
My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Another World Thoughts
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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June Life Perfect Summer
Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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May Poetry War
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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Honesty Vulgar
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Cup Drinking Men
A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Born Made Poet
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
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Envy Honor Two
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
The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Birthday Praying Return

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