[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Let them call it mischief; when it is past and prospered, it will be virtue. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
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