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• The smallest worm will turn being trodden on. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI
• A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VI -- Act iv, Sc. 8...
• Delays have dangerous ends. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VI -- Act iii, Sc. 2
• Halcyon days. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VI -- Act i, Sc. 2
• Let the end try the man. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc. 2
• This bold bad man. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act ii, Sc. 2
• Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment?
  hat parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man?...
• Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc. 2...
• I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc.
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