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
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.
Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.