"At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows;
But like of each thing that in season grows."
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Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
" . . . the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
" . . . this is the short and the long of it."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
"We burn daylight."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
"This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away, go; they say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
"I cannot tell what the dickens his name is."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
"Why, then the world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open."
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
"Strong reasons makes strong actions."
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King John by William Shakespeare
"Heaven take my soul, and England keep my bones!"
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King John by William Shakespeare
"How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Make deeds ill done!"
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King John by William Shakespeare