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Let them call it mischief; when it's past and prospered, 't will be virtue.
Let them call it mischief; when it's past and prospered, 't will be virtue.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Ben Jonson
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1573–1637)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 229 · printed citation: Ben Jonson · subject: Revolution
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