Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
BEN JONSONFolly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
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To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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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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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
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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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Let argument bear no unmusical sound.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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