“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”
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Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.
“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”
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“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.”
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“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?”
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“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.”
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“I do love nothing in the world so well as you- is not that strange?”
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“For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.”
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Balthazar, Act II, scene iii.
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“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
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Variant: He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.
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“Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.”
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“Done to death by slanderous tongue”
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“Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.”
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“Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.”
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“To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.”
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