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.
BEN JONSONIt holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Success hath made me wanton.
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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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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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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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