Ben Jonson Quotes


Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.


Citations

Jonson, Ben. Volpone. Thomas Thorppe, 1607, act 5, sc. 12.

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Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
  • Born: June 11, 1572
  • Died: August 16, 1637
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Playwright, Poet

Benjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."