Lovers and madmen have such seething brains Such shaping fantasies, th…

William Shakespeare
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Lovers and madmen have such seething brains Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. ✨ 1595 Theseus. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, sc.1, l.4-6.
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Lovers and madmen have such seething brains Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. ✨ 1595 Theseus. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, sc.1, l.4-6.

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