Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Quote by Ben Jonson

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They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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

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

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

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

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

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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

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

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...