There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
BEN JONSONIt strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could’st make the time to do so too; I’ll wind thee up no more.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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… the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
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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 might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
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O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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All concord’s born of contraries.
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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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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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