Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
BEN JONSONGreat honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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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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Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
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Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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How near to good is what is fair!
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The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.
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