The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
BEN JONSONFor whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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