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Ambition
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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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Astrology
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You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
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Beauty
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O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
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Death
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All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
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Face, Faces
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Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?
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Glory
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Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
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Hell
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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell is, there must we ever be.
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Leadership
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That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
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Love
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
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Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
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Marriage
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Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove.
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Religion
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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but innocence.
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Royalty, Kings, Queens
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What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
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Books by and about Christopher Marlowe