My thoughts and I were of another world.
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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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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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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Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
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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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He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
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Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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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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