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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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

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

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.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

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...

'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...

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.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

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

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

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

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...

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...

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...

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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...

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis...

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis...

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show...

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show...