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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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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;...

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

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

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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

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

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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 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...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

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...

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

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...

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

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

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

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

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