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.
BEN JONSONLanguage most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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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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Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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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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Success hath made me wanton.
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