English - Poet | June 11, 1572 - August 6, 1637
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Ben Jonson
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.
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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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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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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.
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A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.
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Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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