Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall o…

William Shakespeare
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Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. ✨ 'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]
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Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. ✨ 'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]

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