Ben Jonson Quotes

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• There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

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  No Fear, Hell, Prisoner

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• To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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  Motivational, Wise, Communication

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3209, Delphi Classics

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• You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.

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  Art, Fighting, Winning

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• True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

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  Friendship, Positive, Happiness

  'Cynthia's Revels' (1600) act 3, sc. 2

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• Peace is never more than one thought away.

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  Peace, Harmony

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• Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

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  Romantic, Food, Wine

  "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).

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• Our whole life is like a play.

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  Life, Play, Whole

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.875

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• He was not of an age, but for all time!

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  Time, Age, All Time

  "To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare" l. 38 (1623)

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• They, who know no evil, will suspect none.

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  Evil, Knows, Suspects

  "Every Man in his Humour".

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• Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

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  Ambition, Needs, Slave

  Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1811). “The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher”, p.195

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• Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star.

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  Love, Stars, Fall

  Ben Jonson (1756). “Works: Collated with all the former editions, and corrected with notes critical and explanatory”, p.372

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• What excellent fools religion makes of men.

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  Religious, Men, Religion

  Ben Jonson, Johanna Procter (1989). “The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson: Volume 1: Sejanus, Volpone, Epicoene Or the Silent Woman”, p.99, Cambridge University Press

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• He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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  Inspirational, Art, Fool

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• 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 own style.

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  Writing, Exercise, Men

  Timber: or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter (published 1640).

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• 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 on!

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  Life, Dream, Struggle

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• 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 after death.

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  Drinking, Sorrow, Use

  Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1811). “The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher”, p.149

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• Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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  Looks

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• Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.

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  Imperfect Things, Light, Opinion

  Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola (2000). “Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version”, p.92, Manchester University Press

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• Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.

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  Book, Faithful, May

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• Calumnies are answered best with silence.

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  Silence, Advice, Calumny

  'Volpone' (1605) act 2, sc. 2

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• No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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  Wise, Men, May

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• Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.

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  Memories, Mind, Frail

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3182, Delphi Classics

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• A good life is a main argument.

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  Good Life, Inspirational Life, Argument

  Timber: or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter (published 1640).

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• Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.

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  Inspiration, Ambition, Looks

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• A good poet's made as well as born.

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  Poet, Born, Made

  Ben Jonson (1756). “Masques at court. Epigrams. The forest. Underwoods, consisting of divers poems”, p.303

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