A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
BEN JONSONWho 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?
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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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A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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