Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room; Thou art a monument…

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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.

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

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.

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.

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

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

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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

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

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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,...

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.