Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
BEN JONSONSweet meat must have sour sauce.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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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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Blueness doth express trueness.
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