In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
BEN JONSONPeace is never more than one thought away.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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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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I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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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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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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