He was not of an age, but for all time!
BEN JONSONIf you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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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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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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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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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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