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A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.

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
Unjust
Rise
Loss
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Good
Men

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