Ben Jonson

Puzzles

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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Ben Jonson?

  • → The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
  • → There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
  • → Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.
  • → Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Ben Jonson.

  • → Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
  • → True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
  • → Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.
  • → No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Ben Jonson.

  • → We may be personally defeated, but our principles never.
  • → Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
  • → There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
  • → Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Ben Jonson. Which one?

  • → In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
  • → Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
  • → Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
  • → Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
  
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• Which one of these belongs to Ben Jonson?

  • → The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
  • → True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
  • → Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
  • → Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
  
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• Can you identify the right quote belonging to Ben Jonson?

  • → The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
  • → True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
  • → In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
  • → Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.
  
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• Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Ben Jonson.

  • → Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
  • → Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
  • → In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
  • → Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
  
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• One of the following quotations belongs to Ben Jonson. Which one?

  • → Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
  • → There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
  • → Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
  • → Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
  
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