All Ben Jonson Quotes
- When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. Brings
- He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy. Buy
- I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession. Avarice
- Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man,… Choke
- The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins. Begins
- Nothing is a courtesy unless it be meant us, and that friendly and lovingly. We owe no thanks to rivers that they carry our boats,… Boat
- Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink Anarchy
- Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. Ambition
- To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Chakra
- And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot. Feet
- He threatens many that hath injured one. Crime
- If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge… All
- He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Art
- The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. Conceited
- 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… Council
- Tell troth and shame the devil. Devil
- Hang sorrow, care'll kill a cat. Care
- I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man's life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder… Common
- A good poet's made as well as born. Born
- All concord's born of contraries. All