| 79 Famous Quotes by Ben Jonson
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“Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.”
Apparel Quotes Source: Poetaster (act 5, sc. 3)
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“And I had lent my watch last night to one
That dines to-day at the sheriff's.”
Jewels Quotes Source: Alchemist (act I, sc. 1)
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“It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest;
Would thou could'st make the time to do so too;
I'll wind thee up no more.”
Jewels Quotes Source: Staple of News (act I, sc. 1)
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“I do honour the very flea of his dog.”
Fleas Quotes Source: Every Man in his Humour (act IV, sc. 4)
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“Small Latin, and less Greek.”
Linguists Quotes Source: To the Memory of Shakespeare
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“All concord's born of contraries.”
Variety Quotes Source: Cynthia's Revels (act V, sc. 2)
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“Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
His cares must still be double to his joys,
In any dignity.”
Honor Quotes Source: Catiline--His Conspiracy (act III, sc. 1, l. 1)
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“Sweet meat must have sour sauce.”
Sweetness Quotes Source: Poetaster (act III, 3)
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“Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home
Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy
To see how plump my bags are and my barns.”
Wealth Quotes Source: Every Man Out of His Humour (act I, sc. 1)
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“For he that once is good, is ever great.”
Greatness Quotes Source: The Forest--To Lady Aubigny
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“The burnt child dreads the fire.”
Fire Quotes Source: The Devil is an Ass (act I, sc. 2)
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“And so to tread
As if the wind, not she, did walk;
Nor prest a flower, nor bow'd a stalk.”
Footsteps Quotes Source: Masques--The Vision of Delight
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“Her treading would not bend a blade of grass,
Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!”
Footsteps Quotes Source: The Sad Shepherd
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“Princes that would their people should do well
Must at themselves begin, as at the head;
For men, by their example, pattern out
Their limitations, and regard of laws:
A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.”
Royalty Quotes Source: Cynthia's Revels (act V, sc. 3)
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“A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his
government is groping.”
Royalty Quotes Source: Discoveries--Illiteratus Princeps
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“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
Prince as soon as his groom.”
Royalty Quotes Source: Discoveries--Illiteratus Princeps
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“O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?”
Power Quotes Source: Sejanus (act I)
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“Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.”
Pleasure Quotes Source: Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue
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“Art hath an enemy called ignorance.”
Art Quotes Source: Every Man Out of his Humour (act I, sc. 1)
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“Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink.”
Laughter Quotes Source: Entertainments--The Penates
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“The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not:
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.”
Guilt Quotes Source: Catiline (act III, sc. 5)
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“Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.”
Faults Quotes Source: Catiline (act III, sc. 2)
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“If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.”
Faith Quotes Source: The Devil Is an Ass (act IV, sc. 1)
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“Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.”
Slander Quotes Source: Catiline (act III, sc. 1)
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“Cut
Men's throats with whisperings.”
Slander Quotes Source: Sejanus (act I, sc. 1)
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