All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Speech Quotes

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two...

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...

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

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

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

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

Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that...

Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that...

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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...

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

'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...

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate...

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate...

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.