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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
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Playwright
Poet
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City of Westminster
Benjamin Jonson
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True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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