Social Commentaries

To Fool, or Knave

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

Social Commentaries

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike;
One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.

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Epigrams, no. 61.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “To Fool, or Knave.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/104/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “To Fool, or Knave.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/104/.

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