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Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.

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
Folly
Bounds
None
Beyond
Goes
Often
Impudence
Rudeness

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