"Who would be so mocked with glory, or to live But in a dream of friendship, To have his pomp and all what state compounds But only painted, like his varnished friends?"

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Source: William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1871). “The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Carefully Restored According to the First Editions, with Introductions, Notes Original and Selected, and a Life of the Poet by H.N. Hudson”, p.84

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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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