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Ben Jonson (Writer)

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity
— Ben Jonson strength
He threatens many that hath injured one.
— Ben Jonson man
They that know no evil will suspect none.
— Ben Jonson evil
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
— Ben Jonson happiness
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
— Ben Jonson friends
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
— Ben Jonson language
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
— Ben Jonson fear
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
— Ben Jonson man
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks,Or make the sun forget his motion!
— Ben Jonson sun
Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
— Ben Jonson man
I have been at my book, and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation.
— Ben Jonson past
Blueness doth express trueness.
— Ben Jonson true
Leave a kiss but in the cup, and Ill not look for wine.
— Ben Jonson kiss
I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered
— Ben Jonson self
Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that I may see my saint.
— Ben Jonson good
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment
— Ben Jonson mind
Calumnies are answered best with silence
— Ben Jonson silence
A good poets made as well as born.
— Ben Jonson good
Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
— Ben Jonson words
Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
— Ben Jonson art
They that know no evil will suspect none.
— Ben Jonson evil
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
— Ben Jonson
I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear ont, and tightly, too, an I live, ifaith.
— Ben Jonson faith
Who casts to write a living line, must sweat
— Ben Jonson living
Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
— Ben Jonson trust
I do honour the very flea of his dog.
— Ben Jonson
If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.
— Ben Jonson thoughts
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
— Ben Jonson life
Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered twill be virtue.
— Ben Jonson past
Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.
— Ben Jonson lust
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
— Ben Jonson sun
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
— Ben Jonson success
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
— Ben Jonson
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
— Ben Jonson art
This is the very womb and bed of enormity.
— Ben Jonson
Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
— Ben Jonson music
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
— Ben Jonson man
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
— Ben Jonson happiness
A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.
— Ben Jonson man
And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.
— Ben Jonson
Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
— Ben Jonson
Fortune, that favors fools.
— Ben Jonson
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
— Ben Jonson time
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
— Ben Jonson strength
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
— Ben Jonson self
He threatens many that hath injured one.
— Ben Jonson man
Honors a good brooch to wear in a mans hat at all times.
— Ben Jonson time
Twas only fear first in the world made gods.
— Ben Jonson god
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
— Ben Jonson death
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink.
— Ben Jonson live
As he brews, so shall he drink.
— Ben Jonson
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And Ill not look for wine.
— Ben Jonson kiss

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