Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
BEN JONSONBlueness doth express trueness.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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