Who 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?
BEN JONSONPoor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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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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It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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