How near to good is what is fair!
BEN JONSONCourt a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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A good life is a main argument.
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To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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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 feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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