I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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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Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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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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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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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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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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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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Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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