Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
BEN JONSONA valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Man and wife make one fool.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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The way to rise is to obey and please.
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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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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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