Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
BEN JONSONWere Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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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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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time’s deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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