How ready is heaven to those that pray!
BEN JONSONThe dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
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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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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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All concord’s born of contraries.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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