He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
BEN JONSONQueen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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Blueness doth express trueness.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.
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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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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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