I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
BEN JONSONWell, as he brews, so shall he drink.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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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.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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A good king is a public servant.
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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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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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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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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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