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• Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.

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  Guilt, Shame, Guilty

  "Volpone; or, The fox. Catiline his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair. Sejanus his fall".

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• Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.

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  Mind, Crowns, Virtue

  The Underwood,'An Ode to Himself' (published 1640).

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• No simple word
  That shall be uttered at our mirthful board,
  Shall make us sad next morning; or affright
  The liberty that we'll enjoy to-night.

  Ben Jonson

  Morning, Regret, Simple

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1859). “The works of Ben Jonson”, p.674

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• 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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  Men, Done, Benefits

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3194, Delphi Classics

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• Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.

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  Dream, Hate, Hatred

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works of Ben Jonson ...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and Biographical Memoir”, p.47

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• 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, Two

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.866

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• How near to good is what is fair!

  Ben Jonson

  Goodness, Fairs

  "Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly". Musical by Ben Jonson, 1611.

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• A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

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  Men, Journey, Good Man

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3199, Delphi Classics

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• As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.

  Ben Jonson

  Art, Style, Matter

  Ben Jonson (1756). “Underwoods. Timber; or, Discoveries made upon men and matter. Horace, Of the art of poetry [with an English translation by Jonson]. The English grammar. Leges convivales, rules for the Tavern Academy. The case is altered”, p.133

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• Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money.

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  Mistress, Language, Stamps

  Timber: or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter (published 1640).

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• Still may syllables jar with time,
  Still may reason war with rhyme,
  Resting never!

  Ben Jonson

  War, Poetry, May

  Ben Jonson, “A Fit Of Rhyme Against Rhyme”

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