They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
BEN JONSONAmbition, 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.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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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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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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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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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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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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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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