What did Ben Jonson mean by: Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never. Ben Jonson Playwright · England Copy
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Consequences, Escalation, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Improvement, Preparation, Productivity, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Eloquence, Wisdom, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ For he that once is good, is ever great. Author, June 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Continuity, Goodness, Greatness, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator. Author, August 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Oratory, Poetry, Similarity, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Beauty, Influence, Nature, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Truth is man’s proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Immortality, Morality, Truth, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ He was not of an age, but for all time! Author, June 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Fame, Legacy, Timelessness, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. Read explanation Jennifer Stone Actress · USA
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering. Read explanation Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
