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Success produces confidence confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
Actor
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
City of Westminster
Benjamin Jonson
Confidence
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Negligence
Industry
Accuracy
Success
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Ruins
Reputation
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