Talking is the disease of age.

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Age Quotes

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

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.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

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;...

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...

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

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

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...

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

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

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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

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

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.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

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.