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Quotes by Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

Indeed theres a woundy luck in names.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

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

Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

He was not of an age but for all time.

Hood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor.

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

The burnt child dreads the fire.

But I do hate him as I hate the devil.

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And Ill not look for wine.

Our whole life is like a play.

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

He was not of an age but for all time!

Hang sorrow carell kill a cat.

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

Sweet meat must have sour sauce.

Dowling Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And Ill not look for wine.

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

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

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