A 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.
BEN JONSONI would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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A good poet’s made as well as born.
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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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Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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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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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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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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