A good king is a public servant.
BEN JONSONWhere it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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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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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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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.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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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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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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