Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so …

William Shakespeare
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Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. ✨ 'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) induction, l. 15
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Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. ✨ 'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) induction, l. 15

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