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.
BEN JONSONI do honor the very flea of his dog.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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A good king is a public servant.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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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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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 day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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