Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
BEN JONSONCut Men’s throats with whisperings.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Our whole life is like a play.
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Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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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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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men’s perfections in a science he formed still one Art.
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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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