O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!

Quote by Ben Jonson

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Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

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.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

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.

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

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

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

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

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...

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...

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...

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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.

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.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.