A Quote by Ben Jonson on honor and writing

The players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand."

Ben Jonson : English poet & playwright, a favorite of James I, regarded as first poet laureate
Source: Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter
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