Ben Jonson Quotes about Lying

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Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.

Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.

Ben Jonson

Art, Lying, Sleep

Ben Jonson (1985). “Ben Jonson”, Oxford University Press, USA

It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

Ben Jonson

Art, Lying, Giving

Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3178, Delphi Classics

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, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read , and praise to give .

Ben Jonson

Art, Lying, Book

Ben Jonson (1985). “Ben Jonson”, Oxford University Press, USA