How near to good is what is fair!
BEN JONSONHe that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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