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Ben Jonson
June 11, 1572 - August 6, 1637
Nationality: English
Category: Poet
Subcategory: English Poet

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

   

They that know no evil will suspect none.

   

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

   

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

   

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

   

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

   

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

   

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

   

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

   

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

   

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

   

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

   

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