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Guilt’s a terrible thing.

Ben Jonson

The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Honesty Men Persuade Simple Two Wisdom
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Long Pleasure Treasure
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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Men Smoking
Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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Art Enemy Ignorance
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
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Imperfect Light Opinion Things
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
Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Ancient Heaven Silent
Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Disease Talking
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Fear Hell No Prisoner
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Clothes Countenance Wit
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Forget Sun Time
One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Character Trouble Women
A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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Die Fall Flower Night Proportion
They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Evil Knows Suspect

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