The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
BEN JONSONConfound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
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A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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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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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
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