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.
BEN JONSONMinds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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Your highest female grace is silence.
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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