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Ben Jonson Quotes — 17 Quotes by Ben Jonson

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Ben Jonson · Every Man in His Humour, II, i

Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy! My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy.

Ben Jonson · On My First Son

Reader, look, Not at his picture, but his book.

Ben Jonson · On the portrait of Shakespeare in the First Folio

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson

Greatness of name in the father… oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.

Ben Jonson · The source reads: “Greatness of name in the father… oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.” · Timber; or, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter, topic 50

And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek.

Ben Jonson · Of Shakespeare

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.

Ben Jonson · To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare

Sweet Swan of Avon!

Ben Jonson · Of Shakespeare

Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, And almost every vice—almighty gold.

Ben Jonson · The Forest. Epistle to Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland

Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.

Ben Jonson · Sejanus (1603), act I

I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.

Ben Jonson · The source reads: “I loved the man [Shakespeare] and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.” · Of Shakespeare, in Timber

He was not of an age but for all time.

Ben Jonson · Of Shakespeare

As sure as death.

Ben Jonson · Every Man in His Humour (1598), act II, sc. i

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Ben Jonson · Every Man out of His Humour (1599), act I, sc. i

For a good poet’s made, as well as born.

Ben Jonson · To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare

Though the most be players, some must be spectators.

Ben Jonson · Timber; or, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter, topic 86

In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

Ben Jonson · Underwoods. To the Immortal Memory of Sir Lucius Cary and Sir Henry Morison

Ben Jonson Quotes

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy! My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy.

Reader, look, Not at his picture, but his book.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Greatness of name in the father… oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.

And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek.

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.

Sweet Swan of Avon!

Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, And almost every vice—almighty gold.

Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.

I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.

He was not of an age but for all time.

As sure as death.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

For a good poet’s made, as well as born.

Though the most be players, some must be spectators.

In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

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