It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
BEN JONSONFor a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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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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Fortune, that favors fools.
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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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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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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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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