Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
Benjamin "Ben" Jonsonwas an English playwright, poet, actor and literary critic of the 17th century, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour, Volpone, or The Foxe, The Alchemistand Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedyand for his lyric poetry; he is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 June 1572
For a good poet's made as well as born.
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
A good king is a public servant.
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.
Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
How near to good is what is fair!
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.
A good life is a main argument.
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man.
Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that I may see my saint.
Follow a shadow, it still flies you,Seem to fly it, it will pursue.So court a mistress, she denies you;Let her alone, she will court you.Say, are not women truly, thenStyled but the shadows of us men?