True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
BEN JONSONHell itself must yield to industry.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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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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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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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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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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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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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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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