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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
— King John, Act IV Scene 2
KEYWORD: stay
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Go bear it to the Centaur, where we host,
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I know it well, sir, lo, here is the chain.
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What I should think of this, I cannot tell:
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Master, there is a bark of Epidamnum
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Faith, stay here this night; they will surely do us
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I will not stay to-night for all the town;
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I, sir, am Dromio; pray, let me stay. |
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Stay, stand apart; I know not which is which. |