He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. ✨ W…

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He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. ✨ William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). The Plays of William Shakespeare, p.737
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He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. ✨ William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). The Plays of William Shakespeare, p.737

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