Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
BEN JONSONAll concord’s born of contraries.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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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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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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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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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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O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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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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