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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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

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

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

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

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

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

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

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

'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 good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

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...

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...

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.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...