"Very few men are wise by their own……" — 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."
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Ben Jonson
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174 Quotes by Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson has 174 quotes on this site.
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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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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry…
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We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the…
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Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.
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Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make…
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Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every…
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I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience…
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