The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
BEN JONSONReady writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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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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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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