The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
BEN JONSONAll concord’s born of contraries.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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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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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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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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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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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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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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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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