“By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy…” — Ben Jonson

“By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.”

Encouraging solitude as a form of self-examination · Discoveries (Timber)

About Ben Jonson

c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637

Ben Jonson, baptized on 11 June 1572 and probably born on or very near that date, entered the world in Westminster at a moment when London’s theatrical culture was beginning to assume the force and richness that would make the English Renaissance famous. He died on 6 August 1637, having become, in the course of…

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