Prevent your day at morning.
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson My thoughts and I were of another world.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson The way to rise is to obey and please.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson 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.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson
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J.S BrownJ.S Brown No matter how many storms pass through it, this heart is still a gentle thing.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura If you want to start something great, you need commitment. But if you want to finish that something great, you need consistency.
Alison ButcherAlison Butcher Abundance is my birthright it starts with harvesting my inner light.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst I believed in the magic we made, but you were the magician and i was merely your puppet on stage.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia Eternity is vague. Let me fill in the blanks with you.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt Action is the key that solves all your problems.
Abel StarcAbel Starc His promises looked so promising that she just ignored the blatant truths.
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PtolemyPtolemy Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Every single choice we make is either going to enhance the spirit or drain it. Every day, we’re either giving ourselves power or taking it away.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss Knowing that every single day is so filled with potential – you cannot wait for life to give you anything. You have no right to feel entitled. You are not entitled to anything.
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