I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
BEN JONSONAmbition, like a torrent, never looks back.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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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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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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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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