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If all you boast of your great art be true Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.

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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
Art
True
Great
Boast
Poverty
Willing
Sure
Lives

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