I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage: but doth not the appetite alter? a man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour? No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married. β¨ 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [262]
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- That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts. β¨ William Shakespeare (2013). Second Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 a β¦ βΆ
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