The burnt child dreads the fire. - Ben Jonson

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I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.

Ben Jonson

The burnt child dreads the fire.

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

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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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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.

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