I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
BEN JONSONWhere it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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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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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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