Maxioms by Ben Jonson
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.
Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.
Nature herself was proud of his designs,
And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
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Nature herself was proud of his designs,
And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,
As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
