Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
BEN JONSONFreedom doth with degree dispense.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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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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All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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Queen 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.
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