Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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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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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Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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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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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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For they have the authority of years, and out of their intermission do win to themselves a kind of grace-like newness. But the eldest of the present, and newest of the past Language, is the best.
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O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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How near to good is what is fair!
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The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Our whole life is like a play.
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Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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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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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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A 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.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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