Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio (1640), Timber: or Discoveries
“Folly often goes beyond her bounds; but Impudence knows none.”
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio (1640), Timber: or Discoveries
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