There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
BEN JONSONI see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Tell troth and shame the devil.
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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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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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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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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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