7 Ben Jonson Quotes on Legacy

Ben Jonson quotes on legacy

16. Reader, look, Not at his picture, but his book.

32. 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.

33. He was not of an age, but for all time.

36. Sweet Swan of Avon!

50. I loved the man [Shakespeare] and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.

52. Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.

58. That Donne himself, for not being understood, would perish.