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Ben Jonson Quotes about Age

He was not of an age, but for all time!

He was not of an age, but for all time!

"To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare" l. 38 (1623)

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!

'To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr William Shakespeare' (1623)

Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.

Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola (2000). “Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version”, p.251, Manchester University Press