A good poet's made as well as born.

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Poets Quotes

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a...

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a...

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.

The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human...

The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human...