I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
BEN JONSONIf 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.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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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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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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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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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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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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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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