The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great re…

William Shakespeare
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The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue! ✨ William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words, p.1570
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The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue! ✨ William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words, p.1570

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