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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
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City of Westminster
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It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
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Force works on servile natures, not the free.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?
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He threatens many that hath injured one.
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Calumnies are answered best with silence.
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.
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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.
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I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
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Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
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Court a mistress, she denies you let her alone, she will court you.
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All discourses but my own afflict me they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray And so do I.
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The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
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The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
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