Quote#Speech
Those that merely talk and never think
Quote byBen Jonson · 1572–1637
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Underwoods, XLVII, An Epistle, Answering to One That Asked to Be Sealed of the Tribe of Ben, lines 9-10. Comparable to: "They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think", Matthew Prior, Upon a passage in the Scaligerana..
English (original)
Those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink.
— Ben Jonson
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