Ben Jonson Quotes About Eyes

Quotes about: Eyes

• 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.

  Ben Jonson

  Romantic, Food, Wine

  "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).

• 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 shall see the time's deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.

  Ben Jonson

  Time, Eye, Mirrors

  1600 Every Man out of His Humour, Induction.

• 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 Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

  Ben Jonson

  Sweet, Art, Eye

  Epicene act 1, sc. 1 (1609)

• A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

  Ben Jonson

  Eye, Government, Letters

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3197, Delphi Classics

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