A good poet’s made as well as born.
BEN JONSONMischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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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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Our whole life is like a play.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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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.
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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Blueness doth express trueness.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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