• Follow a shadow, it still flies you; Seem to fly it, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you.

  Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio That Women Are But Mens Shadows, lines 1-4.

  Ben Jonson
  British Dramatist, Poet 1573-1637
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. mistress
2. shadow
3. pursue
4. denies
5. court
6. alone

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Follow a shadow, it still flies you; Seem to fly it, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. by : Ben Jonson

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