I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t’inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.
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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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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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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Your highest female grace is silence.
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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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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Ambition, like a torrent, ne’er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature’s self.
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Peace is never more than one thought away.
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He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
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I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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