Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
BEN JONSONI do honor the very flea of his dog.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne’er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
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Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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