Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
BEN JONSONPrinces that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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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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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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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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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we’ll enjoy to-night.
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I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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