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I have ever thought,
Nature doth nothing so great for great men,
As when she's pleas'd to make them lords of truth.
Integrity of life is fame's best friend,
Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.

— John Webster

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Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.

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I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits.

Duchess of Malfi (1623)

Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young.

Duchess of Malfi (1623)

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.

Duchess of Malfi (1623)

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