01c. 1605 ADFear to do base unworthy things is valor; If they be done to us, to suffer them, Is valor too.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
04c. 1605 ADWords borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
06c. 1605 ADQueen 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.Earth, let not thy envious shadeDare itself to interpose,Cynthia's shining orb was madeHeaven to clear when day did close:Bless us then with wished sight,Goddess excellently bright.Lay thy bow of pearl apart,And thy crystal-shining quiver,Give unto the flying hartSpace to breath, how short soever:Thou that mak'st a day of night-Goddess excellently bright.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
09c. 1605 ADI feel my griefs too, and there scarce is groundUpon my flesh t'inflict another wound.Yet dare I not complain, or wish for deathWith holy Paul; lest it be thought the breathOf discontent; or that these prayers beFor weariness of life, not love of thee.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
11c. 1605 ADFor a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
13c. 1605 ADRiches, the dumb god that giv'st all men tongues, / That canst do nought, and yet mak'st men do all things; / The price of souls; even hell, with thee to boot, / Is made worth heaven!Ben Jonson / quote ↗
16c. 1605 ADHood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
23c. 1605 ADDowling 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.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
24c. 1605 ADI glory more in the coming purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.Ben Jonson / quote ↗
