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Every Man out of His Humour (1598), Act I, scene 1
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Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance.

— Ben Jonson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance." in the context of "Every Man out of His Humour (1598), Act I, scene 1" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ben Jonson

About Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson (11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, most famous for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his contentious personality, and his friendship and rivalry with William Shakespeare.