He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
BEN JONSONLanguage most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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My thoughts and I were of another world.
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A good life is a main argument.
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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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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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
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Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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