'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Quote by Ben Jonson

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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...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

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

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.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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

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

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

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.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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

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

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...

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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...

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

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...

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...