Ben Jonson on may
Ben Jonson198 quotes“Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.”
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson 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?
Ben JonsonBen Jonson I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Force works on servile natures, not the free.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
Ben JonsonBen Jonson True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man’s being a good poet without first being a good man.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson
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When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
Lang LeavLang Leav Don’t mistake your discovery for the absence of yourself.
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