Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man’s being a good poet without first being a good man.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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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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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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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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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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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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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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