Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never …

William Shakespeare
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Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; and did not, with unbashful forehead, woo the means of weakness and debility: therefore my age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly. ✨ 'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 3, l. 52
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