Every Man in His Humour
Play by Ben JonsonWikipedia
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Sep 26, 2026
LeeHOST
Care meant worry or sorrow.
LeeHOST
So Ben Johnson first recorded the expression in his 1598 play, Every Man in His Humour, using care to mean that excessive fretting.
LeeHOST
It was mentioned again, Shakespeare, about care in Much Ado About Nothing.
LeeHOST
Curiosity replaced care in the 19th century, where the earliest printed version of Curiosity Killed the Cat appeared in an
Thomas CyrGUEST
Um, the, uh, he also-- he, he'd been involved in, like, designing stuff for the stage, and he was buddies with, uh, Ben Jonson, and Jonson was a-- He's considered basically the most significant playwright other than Shakespeare.
Thomas CyrGUEST
Probably his most notable works are, uh, Every Man in His Humor, The Alchemist, Bartholomew, Bartholomew Fair.
Thomas CyrGUEST
Um, so you know, this, this is the kind of company that Nicholas Mosley was keeping, you know.
Thomas CyrGUEST
Um, and not, I mean, very deliberately too, like, when Nicholas Mosley got married, he got married in the City of London, you know, to-- He was obviously trying to, like, establish some kind of, you know, familial presence there.