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Ben Jonson Quotes about Time

That old bald cheater, Time.

That old bald cheater, Time.

Ben Jonson, C. H. Herford, P. and E. Simpson, Evelyn Simpson (1986). “Complete Critical Edition: 4. Cynthia's Revels; Poetaster; Sejanus; Eastward Ho”, p.215, Oxford University Press

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

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

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!

Ben Jonson (1816). “The works of Ben Jonson: With notes critical and explanatory, and a biographical memoir”, p.419