For they have the authority of years, and out of their intermission do win to themselves a kind of grace-like newness. But the eldest of the present, and newest of the past Language, is the best.
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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Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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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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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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