Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's…

William Shakespeare
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Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger. ✨ 1601 Feste toViola.Twelfth Night, act 3, sc.1, l.32-4.
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Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger. ✨ 1601 Feste toViola.Twelfth Night, act 3, sc.1, l.32-4.

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