Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
BEN JONSONMan and wife make one fool.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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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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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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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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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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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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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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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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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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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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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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