A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
BEN JONSONWere Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men?
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A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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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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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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