Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
BEN JONSONNor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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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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God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man’s dearer than to himself.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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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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Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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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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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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