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For you and I are past our dancing days.

      — Romeo and Juliet, Act I Scene 5

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Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Don Pedro

131

That is the sum of all, Leonato. Signior Claudio
and Signior Benedick, my dear friend Leonato hath
invited you all. I tell him we shall stay here at
the least a month; and he heartily prays some
occasion may detain us longer. I dare swear he is no
hypocrite, but prays from his heart.

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 3]

Don John

332

There is no measure in the occasion that breeds;
therefore the sadness is without limit.

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