It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
BEN JONSONBlueness doth express trueness.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Blueness doth express trueness.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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