“The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
The oldest hath borne most: we that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so long.”

— William Shakespeare , King Lear

Source: King Lear

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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