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Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

English Poet

Born: Jun 11, 1572

Died: Aug 6, 1637

Good He His Man Speak Will

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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. Ben Jonson

Happiness True Happiness Worth Consists True Friends Choice Multitude

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Ben Jonson

Fool Master Only He Himself Taught

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

Fear Prisoner Hell Greater Than

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco. Ben Jonson

Weed Lust Thou Neither After Tobacco

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need. Ben Jonson

Ambition More Makes Trusty Than Slaves Need

They that know no evil will suspect none. Ben Jonson

Will Evil Know None Suspect

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance. Ben Jonson

Art Ignorance Enemy Hath

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick. Ben Jonson

Thoughts You Own Sick Make Your

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house. Ben Jonson

Woman Face Careless About More House She Curious Commonly Her

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. Ben Jonson

Mind Fury Punishment Delight Like Itself Vice Vicious Turns

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words. Ben Jonson

Words Weigh Look Meaning

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. Ben Jonson

Musicians Know End Begin Disease Common Tis Either Mean Your

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet. Ben Jonson

Though Scarlet Clothed Ape

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

Man Speak Language See Most May Thee Shows

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! Ben Jonson

Back Sun Make Motion His Clocks Forget Engine Keep

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