Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
BEN JONSONHe that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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