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

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Speech Quotes

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

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...

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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;...

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

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...

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.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her...

She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her...

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and...

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and...