Quote #17

Truth is the trial of itself And needs no other touch, And purer than the purest gold, Refine it ne'er so much.

More from Ben Jonson

  1. Reader, look, Not at his picture, but his book.
  2. Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand, To read it well: that is, to understand.
  3. I will eat exceedingly, and prophesy.
  4. If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
  5. So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains, Wherein rude winter bound her veins; So grows both stream and source of price, That lately fettere…
  6. There's reason good, that you good laws should make: Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.
  7. The dignity of truth is lost With much protesting.
  8. He that fears death, or mourns it, in the just, Shows of the resurrection little trust.

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