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.
BEN JONSONReader look, not on his picture but his book.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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Indeed there’s a woundy luck in names.
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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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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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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