Quote #43

Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing;

More from Ben Jonson

  1. The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And, though the sound were parted thence, Still left an echo…
  2. A good life is a main argument.
  3. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, dry, bald and s…
  4. It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
  5. Those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink.
  6. A cripple in the way out-travels a footman or a post out of the way.
  7. Rhyme, the rack of finest wits, That expresseth but by fits, True conceit, Spoiling senses of their treasure, Cozening judgement with a mea…
  8. Folly often goes beyond her bounds; but Impudence knows none.

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