Ben Jonson

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?

'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to read more

'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to be seen,
These have crimes accounted been.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in read more

If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.