What did Ben Jonson mean by: Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted. Ben Jonson Playwright · England Copy
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Flattery, Preservation, Tyranny, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Boundaries, Folly, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Health, Influence, Mind, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
+ All concord’s born of contraries. Author, August 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Ben Jonson, Harmony, Opposites, Unity, 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
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Education, Knowledge, Leadership, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Persistence, Possession, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ben Jonson, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, 0 Ben Jonson Playwright · England
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
