It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
BEN JONSONSpread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
-
-
A good life is a main argument.
BEN JONSON -
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 -
Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
BEN JONSON -
He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.
BEN JONSON -
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
BEN JONSON -
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.
BEN JONSON -
The burnt child dreads the fire.
BEN JONSON -
A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
BEN JONSON -
Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
BEN JONSON -
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
BEN JONSON -
A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
BEN JONSON -
How ready is heaven to those that pray!
BEN JONSON -
The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
BEN JONSON -
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
BEN JONSON -
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
BEN JONSON