Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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away, let summer bear it out.
MARIA. You are resolute, then? CLOWN. Not so, neither; but I am resolv'd on two points. MARIA. That, if one break, the other will hold; or, if both break, your gaskins fall. CLOWN. Apt, in good faith; very apt. Well, go thy way; if Sir Toby would leave drinking, thou wert as witty a piece of Eve's flesh as any in Illyria. MARIA. Peace, you rogue, no more o' that. Here comes my lady; make your excuse wisely, you were best. [Exit.] CLOWN. Wit, and 't be thy will, put me into good fooling! Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools; and I, that am sure I lack thee, may pass for a wise man: for what says Quinapalus? 'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.' [Enter LADY OLIVIA with MALVOLIO.] |
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