Ben Jonson ( 10 of 57 )
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor
and other tackle.
Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor
and other tackle.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men read more
The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not:
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
His cares must still be double to his joys,
In any dignity.
