Hell itself must yield to industry.
BEN JONSONMoney 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.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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A good king is a public servant.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Our whole life is like a play.
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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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Success hath made me wanton.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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