"No man so wise that he may not……" — Ben Jonson
"No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."
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Ben Jonson
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174 Quotes by Ben Jonson
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Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
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That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity,…
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Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and…
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Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
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The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
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Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Where guilty is, rage and courage doth abound.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
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Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
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