And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, …

William Shakespeare
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And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of. ✨ William Shakespeare (1823). The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings, p.691
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