Ben Jonson Quotes about Honor

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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

Ben Jonson

Two, Envy, Honor

Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.386

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.

Ben Jonson

Honor, Noble, Ancestry

I do honor the very flea of his dog.

Ben Jonson

Dog, Hero, Honor

Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.114

I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.

Ben Jonson

Long, Broken, Honor

Ben Jonson, Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1966). “The Complete Plays: The alchemist. Catline, his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair. The devil is an ass. The staple of news. The new inn; or, The light heart. The magnetic lady; or, Humours reconciled. A tale of a tub. The sad shepard; or, A tale of Robin Hood. The case is altered. Glossary”