Tell troth and shame the devil.
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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Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their limitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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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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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- To endure, and go calmly on!
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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