Calumnies are answered best with silence.
BEN JONSONSoul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Freedom doth with degree dispense.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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The world knows only two, that’s Rome and I.
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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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For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
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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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Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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