Ben Jonson

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in read more

If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.

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

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

It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long read more

It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it falls and die that night--
It was the plant and flower of Light.