Ben Jonson Quotes

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Ben Jonson

Happiness, True, Friends

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
Ben Jonson

Fear, Hell, Greater

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.
Ben Jonson

Woman, Her, She

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.
Ben Jonson

Eyes, Wine, Kiss

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
Ben Jonson

Strength, Adversity, Knows

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben Jonson

Fool, Himself, Taught

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
Ben Jonson

May, Speak, Language

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
Ben Jonson

Success, Confidence, Reputation

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
Ben Jonson

Good, Men, Live

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

Forget, Sun, Keep

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.
Ben Jonson

Ambition, Makes, Slaves

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.
Ben Jonson

Small, Less, Though

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
Ben Jonson

Though, Scarlet, Clothed

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
Ben Jonson

Art, Ignorance, Enemy

Fortune, that favors fools.
Ben Jonson

Fools, Fortune, Favors

He threatens many that hath injured one.
Ben Jonson

Injured, Hath, Threatens

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
Ben Jonson

Good, Honor, Times

I do honour the very flea of his dog.
Ben Jonson

Dog, Honour, Flea

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.
Ben Jonson

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
Ben Jonson

Good, Deceived, Fortune

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Ben Jonson

Life, May, Small

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
Ben Jonson

Past, Call, Virtue

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.
Ben Jonson

After, Weed, Lust

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Ben Jonson

Two, Same, Speak

Talking is the disease of age.
Ben Jonson

Age, Talking, Disease

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: June 11, 1572

Died: August 6, 1637

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