If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man's being a good poet without first being a good man.
That old bald cheater, Time. - Ben Jonson
That old bald cheater, Time.
- Ben Jonson
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. - Ben Jonson
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit. - Ben Jonson
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. - Ben Jonson
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back. - Ben Jonson
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. - Ben Jonson
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. - Ben Jonson
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . . - Ben Jonson
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
Guilt's a terrible thing. - Ben Jonson
Guilt's a terrible thing.
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