Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
BEN JONSONHe that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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Blueness doth express trueness.
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For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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