All Ben Jonson Quotes
- Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage! Age
- I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death… Another Wound
- Though I am young, and cannot tell Either what Death or Love is well, Yet I have heard they both bear darts, And both do… Aim
- Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking… All
- Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they… Act
- Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good… Celia
- He was not of an age, but for all time! Age
- That old bald cheater, Time. Bald
- O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! All
- Our whole life is like a play. Life
- I do honor the very flea of his dog. Dog
- Weigh the meaning and look not at the words. Look
- Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. Crushed
- They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a… Art
- This is the very womb and bed of enormity. Bed
- Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet. Ape
- And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek. Greek
- He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. Adversity
- He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Fool
- A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house. Careless