Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by …

William Shakespeare
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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. ✨ William Shakespeare (1838). The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight]., p.281
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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. ✨ William Shakespeare (1838). The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight]., p.281

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