Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
BEN JONSONI remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
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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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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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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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A good poet’s made as well as born.
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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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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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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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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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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
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How ready is heaven to those that pray!
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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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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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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You are not now to think what’s best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter’d; and slip no advantage That may secure you. Let them call it mischief; When it is past, and prosper’d , ’twill be virtue.
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Confound these ancestors… They’ve stolen our best ideas!
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.
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A good king is a public servant.
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Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.
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Blueness doth express trueness.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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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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Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.
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