Prevent your day at morning.
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson How ready is heaven to those that pray!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Peace is never more than one thought away.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Hell itself must yield to industry.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
Ben JonsonBen Jonson 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.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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I’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
FinneasFinneas I love people who dress how they feel and change it depending on the day.
Becky GBecky G I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
Derek JeterDerek Jeter Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it’s usually two or three days to get the mix down.
Dr. DreDr. Dre There are new rumors about me every day.
Kylie JennerKylie Jenner Its been years or maybe just months any day without you feels like eternity.
Courtney HillCourtney Hill I couldn’t experience an end with you, because you have always been a beginning to something new every day.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi In the days ahead, you will either be a mystic (one who has experienced God for real) or nothing at all.
Karl RahnerKarl Rahner