Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
BEN JONSON
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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