For he that once is good, is ever great.
BEN JONSONThe Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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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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Prevent your day at morning.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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