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Ben Jonson Quotes

«Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short; And done, we straight repent us of the sport: Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that only know to do it: For lust will languish, and that heat decay, But thus, thus, keeping endless Holy-»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: blindly, filthy, lustful
«Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | About: Judgement, Speech
«Underneath this stone doth lie / As much beauty as could die.»
«He threatens many that hath injured one.»
«Confound these ancestors... they've stolen our best ideas!»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: confound
«Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | About: Ambition | Keywords: trustiest, trusty
«In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be»
«Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.»
«To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.»
«He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.»

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