Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
BEN JONSONNor 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.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men?
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
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Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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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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Guilt’s a terrible thing.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
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I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
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