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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

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

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

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.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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...

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

'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...

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.

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

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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...

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...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

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 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.

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.

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

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