Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master. Ben Jonson More Quotes by Ben Jonson More Quotes From Ben Jonson Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding. Ben Jonson passion understanding spiritual Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain: Suns that set may rise again; But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumour are but toys. Ben Jonson time love sports Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something. Ben Jonson monsters men art Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty. Ben Jonson hate hatred dream How ready is heaven to those that pray! Ben Jonson praying prayer heaven Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician. Ben Jonson punishment physicians funeral Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace. Ben Jonson posse disease talking Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none. Ben Jonson impudence rudeness folly That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time. Ben Jonson envy disappointment truth Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too. Ben Jonson valor suffering courage He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. Ben Jonson Art has an enemy called ignorance. Ben Jonson Be not ashamed of thy virtues honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. Ben Jonson Talking is the disease of age. Ben Jonson They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. Ben Jonson will beast brave art And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek. Ben Jonson thou though less small He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. Ben Jonson own he adversity strength A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house. Ben Jonson face woman curious house Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. Ben Jonson things speak talking two Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue. Ben Jonson them call virtue past
