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Ben Jonson Quotes


An English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor.
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

Here are some famous quotes by Ben Jonson.




Our whole life is like a play.

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Hang sorrow care'll kill a cat.

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The burnt child dreads the fire.

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Sweet meat must have sour sauce.

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Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

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He was not of an age but for all time.

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But I do hate him as I hate the devil.

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Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

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Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee.

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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

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Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die.

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Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine.

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Memory of all the powers of the mind is the most delicate and frail.

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I glory more in the coming purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

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A woman the more careful she is about her face is commonly the more careless about her house.