Ben Jonson

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LIX. — TO FOOL, OR KNAVE.

SPIES, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you've burnt yourselves down to the snuff,
Stink, and are thrown away. End fair enough.


Georges de La Tour. Magdalen of Night Light. 1630-35.
Georges de La Tour. Magdalen of Night Light.
1630-35. From Web Gallery of Art.

Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 789.



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