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I must become a borrower of the night
For a dark hour or twain.
— Macbeth, Act III Scene 1
KEYWORD: black
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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
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Why, man, how black? |
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Why, as black as ink. |
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She hath been fairer, madam, than she is:
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Nay then, the wanton lies; my face is black. |
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But pearls are fair; and the old saying is,
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