| What's Ben |
What's Verse |
| Pleasures |
Fly Pleasures, and they'll
follow you. [1738] | Run from fun,
Be outrun. |
Many a Man thinks he is
buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a
Slave to it. [1750] | When pleasure has a price,
Then you're the merchandise. |
| Preparation |
| The Eye of the Master, will do more Work than his Hand. [1744] | Artists’ fame lingers
(All in their fingers?) |
| For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a Shoe, the Horse is lost; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost. [1752] | One loose socket
Downs the rocket. |
Pride & Humility
see also FLATTERY. |
| If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear. [1735] | Nose high,
Feet fly. |
| If thou hast wit & learning, add to it Wisdom and Modesty [1738] | Endowed
Branch bowed. |
As Pride increases,
Fortune declines. [1744] | Ego feeds
On luck's seeds. |
Declaiming against Pride
is not always a Sign of
Humility. [1749] | "Down with elites!
(Quick, grab their seats.)" |
| A Cypher and Humility make the other Figures & Virtues of ten-fold Value. [1750] | Add modesty or zero?
Ten times the sum or hero. |
| Great merit is coy, as well as great Pride. [1752] | Big heads bowed -
For the crowd. |
Humility: Imitate Jesus
and Socrates. [Virtue 13] | When all our peacock
glories please us,
Let's preen at Socrates and Jesus. |
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