Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Quote by Ben Jonson

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This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

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

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

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

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...

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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

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

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

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.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.