Ben Jonson
British Dramatist, Poet
Lived from: 1572 - 1637
Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 11 june 1572 Died: 6 august 1637
Quotes 21 till 40 of 52.
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If all you boast of your great art be true;
Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio VI, To Alchemists, lines 1-2.― Ben Jonson -
If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.The Devil Is an Ass Act IV, scene 1.― Ben Jonson -
If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Memoirs of Jonson And Every Man in His Humour: The Works of Ben Jonson― Ben Jonson -
It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio― Ben Jonson -
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.
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Not to know vice at all, and keep true state,
Is virtue, and not fate:
Next to that virtue is to know vice well,
And her black spite expel.The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio Epode, lines 1-4.― Ben Jonson -
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
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Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well: that is, to understand.The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio I, To The Reader, lines 1-2.― Ben Jonson -
Preserving the sweetness of proportion and expressing itself beyond expression.
The Masque of Hymen― Ben Jonson -
Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess, excellently bright.Cynthias Revels― Ben Jonson -
Shakespeare, in a play, brought in a number of men saying they had suffered shipwreck in Bohemia, where there is no sea by some 100 miles.
Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden― Ben Jonson -
Still may syllabes jar with time,
Still may reason war with rhyme,
Resting never!The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio XXIX, A Fit of Rhyme Against Rhyme.― Ben Jonson -
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio― Ben Jonson -
The players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair,
As some soft chime had stroked the air;
And, though the sound were parted thence,
Still left an echo in the sense.The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio LXXXIV, Eupheme, part 4, lines 37-40.― Ben Jonson -
There be some men who are born only to suck out the poison of books.
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There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio XXIV, To The Parliament, lines 1-2.― Ben Jonson -
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
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