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.
BEN JONSONThe man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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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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