Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl …

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Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster. ✨ William Shakespeare (2012). Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version), p.827, BookCaps Study Guides
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Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster. ✨ William Shakespeare (2012). Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version), p.827, BookCaps Study Guides

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