All Ben Jonson Quotes
- Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will… Alone
- Cut Men's throats with whisperings. Cut
- Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true. Angry
- Sweet meat must have sour sauce. Meat
- To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. All
- One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering Character
- Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. Delight
- Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump… Applaud
- Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted. Accounted
- Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is… Form
- A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. All
- I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue. Compassion
- Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in… Bosom
- Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance . Art
- The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it. Acknowledge
- Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer or Spenser… Age
- A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His… All
- Freedom doth with degree dispense. Degree
- For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his… Authors
- Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing. Brings
- If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you. All
- Success hath made me wanton. Funny
- [The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English. Conceited
- Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. Certain
- Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel… Affection