Hood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor.

Ben Jonson
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  1. And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating. - Alberto Moravia

  2. Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. - Sun Tzu

  3. Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are. - Jim Butcher

  4. Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one. - Ashly Lorenzana

  5. Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive. - Walter Scott

More Quotes By Ben Jonson
  1. He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

  2. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.

  3. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

  4. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose, Cynthia's shining orb was made...

  5. Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.

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