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If I freely may discover What should please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city; A little proud, but full of pity; Light and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too easy nor to hard; All extremes I would have barr'd.

Ben Jonson
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That old bald cheater, Time.

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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.

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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.

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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .

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Guilt's a terrible thing.

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