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.
BEN JONSONMischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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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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Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men’s perfections in a science he formed still one Art.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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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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I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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