| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2062 |
| AUTHOR: | Ben Jonson (15721637) |
| QUOTATION: | Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Underwoods. An Epistle, answering to One that asked to be sealed of the Tribe of Ben. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think. Matthew Prior: Upon a passage in the Scaligerana. [back] |
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