Ben Jonson Quotes
[L]eave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.



Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death



Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar.



The gods Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care, And must be yours, that guilty men escape not: As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.



Guilt's a terrible thing.



The gods Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care, And must be yours, that guilty men escape not: As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.



To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.



Art hath an enemy called ignorance



Drink to me only with thin eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I will not look for wine



Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I will not look for wine.



The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.



True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.



Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. His cares must still be double to his joys, In any dignity.



Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need



Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment








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