They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
BEN JONSONIf men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man’s being a good poet without first being a good man.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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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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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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