Ben Jonson Quotes About Joy

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  • True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.

    Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.2707, Delphi Classics
  • Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.

    Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.132
  • Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain: Suns that set may rise again; But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumour are but toys.

    'Volpone' (1605) act 3, sc. 5.
  • True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

    'Cynthia's Revels' (1600) act 3, sc. 2
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