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Ben Jonson quotes: Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage! Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
Ben Jonson quotes: It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing. It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
Ben Jonson quotes: I do honour the very flea of his dog. I do honour the very flea of his dog.
Ben Jonson quotes: Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies? Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?
Ben Jonson quotes: Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master. Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
Ben Jonson quotes: The best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle. The best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
Ben Jonson quotes: The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting. The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
Ben Jonson quotes: Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace. Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.
Ben Jonson quotes: Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you. Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
Ben Jonson quotes: Well, as he brews, so shall he drink. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
Ben Jonson quotes: To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
Ben Jonson quotes: Cut Men's throats with whisperings. Cut Men's throats with whisperings.
Ben Jonson quotes: Freedom doth with degree dispense. Freedom doth with degree dispense.
Ben Jonson quotes: It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own. It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
Ben Jonson quotes: Nor shall our cups make any guilty men;But at our parting, we will be, as whenWe innocently met. Nor shall our cups make any guilty men;
But at our parting, we will be, as when
We innocently met.
Ben Jonson quotes: Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike. Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
Ben Jonson quotes: Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet. Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
Ben Jonson quotes: Man and wife make one fool. Man and wife make one fool.
Ben Jonson quotes: Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee
Ben Jonson quotes: Success hath made me wanton. Success hath made me wanton.
Ben Jonson quotes: Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature.
Ben Jonson quotes: Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
Ben Jonson quotes: In the hope to meetShortly again, and make our absence sweet. In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
Ben Jonson quotes: This is the very womb and bed of enormity. This is the very womb and bed of enormity.
Ben Jonson quotes: Reader look, not on his picture but his book. Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
Ben Jonson quotes: True happinessConsists not in the multitude of friends,But in the worth and choice. True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.
Ben Jonson quotes: Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing. Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
Ben Jonson quotes: For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much. For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
Ben Jonson quotes: I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father. I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
Ben Jonson quotes: What excellent fools religion makes of men. What excellent fools religion makes of men.
Ben Jonson quotes: To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Ben Jonson quotes: Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
Ben Jonson quotes: Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance . Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance .
Ben Jonson quotes: It is a noteOf upstart greatness to observe and watchFor these poor trifles, which the noble mindNeglects and scorns. It is a note
Of upstart greatness to observe and watch
For these poor trifles, which the noble mind
Neglects and scorns.
Ben Jonson quotes: Fortune, that favors fools. Fortune, that favors fools.
Ben Jonson quotes: The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it. The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.
Ben Jonson quotes: Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times
Ben Jonson quotes: Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something. Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.
Ben Jonson quotes: Poets are far rarer birds than kings. Poets are far rarer birds than kings.
Ben Jonson quotes: Art hath an enemy called Ignorance. Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
Ben Jonson quotes: Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means. Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
Ben Jonson quotes: Talking is the disease of age. Talking is the disease of age.
Ben Jonson quotes: Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue. Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
Ben Jonson quotes: Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star. Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.
Ben Jonson quotes: Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
Ben Jonson quotes: Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco. Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.
Ben Jonson quotes: I am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honor and reputation. I am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honor and reputation.
Ben Jonson quotes: The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
Ben Jonson quotes: Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing. Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
Ben Jonson quotes: Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none. Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
Ben Jonson quotes: How ready is heaven to those that pray! How ready is heaven to those that pray!
Ben Jonson quotes: Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it wereTo see thee in our water yet appear. Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were
To see thee in our water yet appear.
Ben Jonson quotes: When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
Ben Jonson quotes: I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence. I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.
Ben Jonson quotes: He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest. He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest.
Ben Jonson quotes: There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting. There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting.
Ben Jonson quotes: He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market. He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
Ben Jonson quotes: Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail. Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
Ben Jonson quotes: Hell itself must yield to industry. Hell itself must yield to industry.
Ben Jonson quotes: There was never a great genius without a touch of madness. There was never a great genius without a touch of madness.
Ben Jonson quotes: Force works on servile natures, not the free. Force works on servile natures, not the free.
Ben Jonson quotes: Tell troth and shame the devil. Tell troth and shame the devil.
Ben Jonson quotes: 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
Ben Jonson quotes: All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites. All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.
Ben Jonson quotes: Who casts to write a living line, must sweat. Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.
Ben Jonson quotes: Nothing is more short-lived than pride. Nothing is more short-lived than pride.
Ben Jonson quotes: Indeed there's a woundy luck in names. Indeed there's a woundy luck in names.
Ben Jonson quotes: I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue. I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.
Ben Jonson quotes: Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example. Now we are all fallen, youth from their fear, And age from that which bred it, good example.
Ben Jonson quotes: The soul of man is infinite in what it covets. The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
Ben Jonson quotes: He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben Jonson quotes: A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
Ben Jonson quotes: A good life is a main argument. A good life is a main argument.
Ben Jonson quotes: A good king is a public servant. A good king is a public servant.
Ben Jonson quotes: They that know no evil will suspect none. They that know no evil will suspect none.
Ben Jonson quotes: Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never. Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
Ben Jonson quotes: Calumnies are answered best with silence. Calumnies are answered best with silence.
Ben Jonson quotes: I do honor the very flea of his dog. I do honor the very flea of his dog.
Ben Jonson quotes: Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
Ben Jonson quotes: I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession. I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
Ben Jonson quotes: Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty. Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
Ben Jonson quotes: Silence in woman is like speech in man. Silence in woman is like speech in man.
Ben Jonson quotes: To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome. To men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
Ben Jonson quotes: Tis no sin love's fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been. Tis no sin love's fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been.
Ben Jonson quotes: The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
Ben Jonson quotes: It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature. It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
Ben Jonson quotes: Weigh the meaning and look not at the words. Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
Ben Jonson quotes: He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Ben Jonson quotes: Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
Ben Jonson quotes: Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction. Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
Ben Jonson quotes: Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words ... Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words ...
Ben Jonson quotes: Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
Ben Jonson quotes: He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy. He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
Ben Jonson quotes: Your highest female grace is silence. Your highest female grace is silence.
Ben Jonson quotes: True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak. True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
Ben Jonson quotes: Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit. Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.
Ben Jonson quotes: One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
Ben Jonson quotes: The burnt child dreads the fire. The burnt child dreads the fire.
Ben Jonson quotes: Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
Ben Jonson quotes: A good poet's made as well as born. A good poet's made as well as born.

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