A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
BEN JONSONA good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
BEN JONSONReader look, not on his picture but his book.
BEN JONSONRich 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 JONSONVice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
BEN JONSONA good poet’s made as well as born.
BEN JONSONFortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
BEN JONSONLet those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
BEN JONSONHow ready is heaven to those that pray!
BEN JONSONCut Men’s throats with whisperings.
BEN JONSONMinds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
BEN JONSON… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
BEN JONSONGuilt’s a terrible thing.
BEN JONSONVery few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
BEN JONSONForce works on servile natures, not the free.
BEN JONSONWhen a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
BEN JONSONFreedom doth with degree dispense.
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