Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
BEN JONSONWho falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
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I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.
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A good dog deserves a good bone.
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
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