"Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake."

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Source: 'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 4, l. 53

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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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