Ben Jonson on wicked
Ben Jonson198 quotes“Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.”
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Blueness doth express trueness.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Silence in woman is like speech in man.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson 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 JonsonBen Jonson Rich 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 JonsonBen Jonson Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Very 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 JonsonBen Jonson It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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She wish to read the minds of those who smiled wickedly at her, let her be the wolf to devour madness.
Dr. Zainab AnsariDr. Zainab Ansari Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
Toni MorrisonToni Morrison The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
Imam AliImam Ali Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
AesopAesop Even angels have their wicked schemes and you take that to new extremes.
RihannaRihanna It’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
AesopAesop