Calumnies are answered best with silence

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Silence Quotes

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...

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

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

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

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...

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

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...

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...

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

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.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

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

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

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

. . . Charles Darnay seemed to stand in a company of the dead. Ghosts...

. . . Charles Darnay seemed to stand in a company of the dead. Ghosts...