Ben Jonson Quote

Detraction is but baseness' varlet;
And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.


The Poetaster (1601) act 5, sc. 1


Detraction is but baseness' varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Detraction is but baseness' varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Detraction is but baseness' varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Detraction is but baseness' varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.