Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
BEN JONSONSpread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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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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If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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