Prevent your day at morning.
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
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All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson 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 JonsonBen Jonson The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson A good poet’s made as well as born.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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Nithya ElizaNithya Eliza I’m not meant to be your midnight secret, I deserve to be loved in the daylight.
Z. ElliottZ. Elliott The saddest days will bring out the brightest.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju I have been wearing the ocean all day.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.
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