Peace is never more than one thought away.
BEN JONSONHe that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Poor 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.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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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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A good king is a public servant.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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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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Fortune, that favors fools.
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