English - Poet | June 11, 1572 - August 6, 1637
Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
Ben Jonson
GoodManNeverGood FortuneFortune
Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.
AmbitionMoreNeedSlavesThan
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
ManSpeakLanguageSeeMayMost
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
StrengthAdversityOwnKnowsHeMet
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
MindPunishmentViceDelightFury
Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
PastVirtueCallMischiefThem
They that know no evil will suspect none.
EvilKnowWillNoneSuspect
He threatens many that hath injured one.
HeManyInjuredThreatensHath
'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
EndMusiciansKnowMeanBeginYour
If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.
ThoughtsSickYouOwnMakeYour
This is the very womb and bed of enormity.
BedVeryWombEnormity
Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
ThoughScarletClothed
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