He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Prevent your day at morning.
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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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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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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Tis no sin love’s fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
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