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Council Quote by Ben Jonson

“Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.” quote by Ben Jonson — Download Open image

“Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.”

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Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser,…

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Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.

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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.

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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.

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Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

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All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

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“drink to the cause, and pure vapours”

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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.

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That old bald cheater, Time.

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