“Ay me! for aught that ever I could read,
could ever hear by tale or history,
the course of true love never did run smooth.”

—  William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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