Ben Jonson Quotes
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. Talking is the disease of age. There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. 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. They that know no evil will suspect none. This is the very womb and bed of enormity. 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
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