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    Oct 12, 2023 · 1 Quotes. 1.1 Every Man in His Humour (1598) 1.2 Eastward Hoe (1605) 1.3 The Devil Is an Ass (performed 1616; published 1631) 1.4 The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616) 1.4.1 Epigrams; 1.4.2 The Forest; 1.5 To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare (1618) 1.6 The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio (1640) 1.6.1 ...

  2. Ben Jonson's quote, "He is not worthy of the honeycomb that shuns the hive because the bees have stings," highlights the importance of embracing the potential risks and challenges that come with pursuing something worthwhile.

  3. Sourced quotations by the English Playwright Ben Jonson (1572 — 1637) about art, man and true. Enjoy the best Ben Jonson quotes and picture quotes!

  4. www.britannica.com › quotes › Ben-Jonson-English-writerBen Jonson: Quotes | Britannica

    Ben Jonson: Quotes. Fools and Foolishness. Fortune, that favors fools. Ben Jonson: The Alchemist; Great and Small. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. Ben Jonson; Heaven, Hell, and the Hereafter. Many might go to heaven with half the labor they go to hell.

  5. The burnt child dreads the fire. The Devil is an Ass. Act I. Sc. 2. The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it. The Devil is an Ass. Act IV. Sc. 1. If he were to be made honest by an act of parliament. I should not alter in my faith of him. The Devil is an Ass.

  6. Ben Jonson is among the best-known writers and theorists of English Renaissance literature, second in reputation only to Shakespeare. A prolific dramatist and a man of letters highly learned in the classics, he profoundly influenced the Augustan age through his emphasis on the precepts of Horace,…

  7. Top 10 Ben Jonson Quotes. He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. They that know no evil will suspect none. There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

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