Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
BEN JONSONI would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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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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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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A good king is a public servant.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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