All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome - Ben Jonson

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Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.

Ben Jonson

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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

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Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

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I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.

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Time is the subtle thief of youth.

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