All Ben Jonson Quotes
- I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news. Copies
- Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. All
- The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I. All
- Force works on servile natures, not the free. Force
- We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen. Assure
- Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me… Adulteries
- The burnt child dreads the fire. Burnt
- Reader look, not on his picture but his book. Book
- You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back. Art
- To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished- To endure, and go calmly… Banished
- For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much. All
- Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star. Fall
- The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting. Dignity
- Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. All
- Let them call it mischief; when it is past and prospered, it will be virtue. Call
- I am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honor and reputation. Craggy
- All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome Afflict
- Man and wife make one fool. Fool
- Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats… Bright
- The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left… Air