What did Ben Jonson mean by: Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. Ben Jonson Playwright · England Copy
O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Desire, Technology, Time, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Expression, Happiness, Silence, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ Good men but see death, the wicked taste it. Author, October 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Mortality, Sin, Virtue, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ Poets are far rarer birds than kings. Author, July 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Creativity, Power, Rarity, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Friendship, Happiness, Value, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends. Author, July 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Hatred, Ignorance, Love, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ Prevent your day at morning. Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Preparation, Productivity, Time Management, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Punishment, Sin, Temptation, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. Jean-Jacques Annaud Director · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
