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    To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

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Answer me in one word. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

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This is Ercles' vein. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.

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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.

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At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.

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Every true man's apparel fits your thief. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 2.

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And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. read more

And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.

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-Duke.

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I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.

I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.

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I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. read more

I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.

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