The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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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A good king is a public servant.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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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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Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.
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Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Hell itself must yield to industry.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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A good life is a main argument.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
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