There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
BEN JONSONA new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
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For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
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I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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The 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.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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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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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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