Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
BEN JONSONIt is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Success hath made me wanton.
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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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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.
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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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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Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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