Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
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Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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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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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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