Ben Jonson

The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.

The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.

Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.

Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.

So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue,
And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce
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So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue,
And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce
Lie still without a fee.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.