69 ordspråk av Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson föddes den June 11th 1572 och dog den 6 August 1637 - English writer
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 Reader, look / Not on his picture, but his book. |
| She is Venus when she smiles; / But she's Juno when she walks, / And Minerva when she talks. |
| Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears; / Yet slower yet, O faintly, gentle springs. |
| Soul of the Age! / The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! / My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by / Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie / A little further, to make thee a room; / Thou art a monument without a tomb. |
| Still to be neat, still to be drest, / As you were going to a feast. |
| Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. |
| Such sweet neglect more taketh me, / Than all the adulteries of art; / They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. |
| Sweet swan of Avon! |
| Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. |
| That for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice- almighty gold |
| The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly |
| The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. |
| There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned. |
| There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned. |
| 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. |
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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