A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
BEN JONSONA 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.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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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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Blueness doth express trueness.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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