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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant and of all tame a flatterer.

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
Tyrants
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Flatterer
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