- Ben Jonson
(06/11/1572 – 08/06/1637)
English writer
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"'Twas only fear first in the world made gods."
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"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."
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"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."
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"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."
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"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."
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"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
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"There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then."
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| "Let's face it, writing is hell." |  |
| "Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter." |  |
"A loud kind of Jewish genius—maybe that's as close as you can get to defining him."
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"Why not find out when his birthday is, call the newspapers, and go dance on his grave?"
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