Talking is the disease of age.

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Age Quotes

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

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...

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

'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...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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...

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

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.

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...

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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...

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

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.

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...

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning,...

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning,...

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof,...

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof,...