Quote#Books & Reading
Thou art a monument, without a tomb
Quote byBen Jonson · 1572–1637
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare (1618), Lines 17 - 24; this was inspired by a eulogy by William Basse, On Shakespeare:.
English (original)
Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
— Ben Jonson
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That old bald cheater, Time.
True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.