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A very valiant trencher-man.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act I Scene 1

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Love's Labour's Lost
[V, 2]

Maria

1957

Folly in fools bears not so strong a note
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote;
Since all the power thereof it doth apply
To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity.

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