Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
BEN JONSONPrevent your day at morning.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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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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Success hath made me wanton.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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