Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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What excellent fools religion makes of men.
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No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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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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As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it.
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He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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Silence in woman is like speech in man.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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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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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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A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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