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.
BEN JONSONThey, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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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 good life is a main argument.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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A good king is a public servant.
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Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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