Ben Jonson Quotes

For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.

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.

Our whole life is like a play.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

I’ll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.