Ben Jonson Quotes About Greatness

Quotes about: Greatness

• Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.

  Ben Jonson

  Father, Son, Greatness

  Ben Jonson, Barry Cornwall (1838). “The Works of B. J. with a Memoir of His Life and Writings, by Barry Cornwall [i.e. B. W. Procter].”, p.745

• For he that once is good, is ever great.

  Ben Jonson

  Greatness

  Ben Jonson (1856). “Poetical Works of Ben Jonson. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.173

• It is a note
  Of upstart greatness to observe and watch
  For these poor trifles, which the noble mind
  Neglects and scorns.

  Ben Jonson

  Greatness, Mind, Watches

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works of Ben Jonson ...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and Biographical Memoir”, p.137

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