Maxioms by Ben Jonson
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
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I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
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Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
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O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
