Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed. Ben Jonson More Quotes by Ben Jonson More Quotes From Ben Jonson Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house. Ben Jonson house faces home I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand. Ben Jonson lines player writing No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Ben Jonson wise may men Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike. Ben Jonson strokes strikes praise If I freely may discover Ben Jonson witty sweet love Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Ben Jonson eye sweet art Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. Ben Jonson beast flattery tyrants If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man's being a good poet without first being a good man. Ben Jonson good-man office men Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use. Ben Jonson truth use men Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink Ben Jonson anarchy drinking thinking Let argument bear no unmusical sound. Ben Jonson argument bears sound O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! Ben Jonson sun time forget It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make the time to do so too; I'll wind thee up no more. Ben Jonson sleep time wind It is a note Ben Jonson greatness mind watches Each petty hand Ben Jonson spring weather hands Princes that would their people should do well Ben Jonson law men people Weigh the meaning and look not at the words. Ben Jonson looks No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself had a fool to his master. Ben Jonson teaching wise men Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee. Ben Jonson leadership may men Force works on servile natures, not the free. Ben Jonson force nature
