"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."

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Source: William Shakespeare, Abraham Wivell (1851). “The dramatic works of William Shakespere: with original introductions, & notes to each play; & a biographical sketch of his life”

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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet, renowned for his profound exploration of human emotions in works like 'Hamlet' and 'Othello.'

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