Facts about Ben Jonson
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Ben Jonson was a famous Poet from England, who lived between June 11, 1572 and August 6, 1637.
Zodiac etc.
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable.
Our collection contains 31 quotes who is written / told by Ben, under the main topic Happiness.
Related authors: William Shakespeare
Famous quotes by Ben Jonson (31)
"They that know no evil will suspect none"
"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear"
"Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee"
"This is the very womb and bed of enormity"
"In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be"
"I do honour the very flea of his dog"
"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance"
"To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks"
"If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick"
"Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised"
"Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco"
"Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue"
"Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not"
"Fortune, that favors fools"
"Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet"
"Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things"
"He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity"
"Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times"
"Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need"
"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house"
"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"
"He threatens many that hath injured one"
"And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek"
"Talking is the disease of age"
"Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine"
"'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end"
"Weigh the meaning and look not at the words"
"O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!"
"Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times"
"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master"
"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice"
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