He was not of an age, but for all time!
BEN JONSONHe who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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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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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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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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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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