Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men’s perfections in a science he formed still one Art.
BEN JONSONI would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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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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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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