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Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.

Ben Jonson

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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
Delicate
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Memory
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Mind
Frail

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