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Study conscience, more than thou wouldst fame; Though both be good, the latter yet is worst, And ever is ill got, without the first.
Study conscience, more than thou wouldst fame; Though both be good, the latter yet is worst, And ever is ill got, without the first.
Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Ben Jonson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 139 · printed citation: Ben Jonson · subject: CONSCIENCE
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