The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
BEN JONSONSilence in woman is like speech in man.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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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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