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Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his contentious personality, and his friendship and rivalry with William Shakespeare. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Jonson, Ben.
"He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity"
Jonson, Ben on Adversity
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"They that know no evil will suspect none."
Jonson, Ben on Evil
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"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice."
Jonson, Ben on Happiness
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Jonson, Ben on Honor
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"If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick"
Jonson, Ben on Illness
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Jonson, Ben on Music
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"We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen."
Jonson, Ben on Socializing and Socialism
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"To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks."
Jonson, Ben on Speakers and Speaking
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"O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!"
Jonson, Ben on Time and Time Management
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