Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio (1640), Timber: or Discoveries
“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.”
Ben Jonson
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