Ben Jonson Quotes
1572 – 1637
English playwright and poet, author of "Volpone".
23 quotesAbout Ben Jonson on Wikipedia
“Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.”
“Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander makes it true.”
“If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him.”
“Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.”
“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.”
“I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.”
“It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.”
“I never thought an angry person valiant: Virtue is never aided by a vice.”
“He that fears death, or mourns it, in the just, Shows of the resurrection little trust.”
“A cripple in the way out-travels a footman or a post out of the way.”
“If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.”
