Quote#Time
For if I thought my judgment were of years
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 27 - 33.
English (original)
For if I thought my judgment were of years, I should commit thee surely with thy peers, And tell how far thou didst our Lily outshine, Or sporting Kyd, or Marlow's mighty line. And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek, From thence to honour thee, I will not seek For names…
— Ben Jonson
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