Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
BEN JONSONIt is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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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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Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
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It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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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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Blueness doth express trueness.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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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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Success hath made me wanton.
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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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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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