No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
BEN JONSONMany might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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