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Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.

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
Never
Posse
Seth
Disease
Hold
Talking
Peace
Stills
Still
Posses

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