The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
BEN JONSONIf all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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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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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Our whole life is like a play.
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