And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.
BEN JONSONThe two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
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Man and wife make one fool.
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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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True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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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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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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Your highest female grace is silence.
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How Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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