Success hath made me wanton.
BEN JONSONMemory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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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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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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[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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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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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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