Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
BEN JONSONHeaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
BEN JONSONAll concord’s born of contraries.
BEN JONSONI would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
BEN JONSONNo glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSONI perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
BEN JONSONMemory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
BEN JONSONA good king is a public servant.
BEN JONSONHow ready is heaven to those that pray!
BEN JONSONWhen a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
BEN JONSON[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
BEN JONSONFear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
BEN JONSONIt is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
BEN JONSONIf men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man’s being a good poet without first being a good man.
BEN JONSONSpread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
BEN JONSONWoman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
BEN JONSONIt holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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