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

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Speech Quotes

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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...

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

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

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

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

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

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...

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

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

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

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...

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

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.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

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,...