'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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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...

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

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.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

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

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

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two...

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.

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...

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...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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

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

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,...

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...