I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
BEN JONSONForce works on servile natures, not the free.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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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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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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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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Your highest female grace is silence.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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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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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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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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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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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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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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