Ben Jonson Quotes

Honour’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times. Ben Jonson

Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Ben Jonson

Art hath an enemy called ignorance. Ben Jonson

They that know no evil will suspect none. Ben Jonson

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. Ben Jonson

Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell. Ben Jonson

He was not of an age, but for all time. Ben Jonson (on Shakespeare)

For a good poet’s made as well as born. Ben Jonson