Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.
BEN JONSONHe that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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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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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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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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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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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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