Art Quote by Ben Jonson Download Open image “He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.” — Ben Jonson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Excellence Fool Foolishness Gonzo Inspirational Martial artist Martial arts Masters Taught Wise counsel
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
“HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being obsessed by… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Learning makes a man wise, but a fool is made all the more a fool by it. — Vikrant Parsai 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
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image