Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
BEN JONSONMemory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
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Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men?
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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