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Shakespeare

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The First Folio Is a Book of Shakespeare's Works

Without The First Folio, our language itself would be denuded. It is impossible to list all the words and phrases we've inherited from Shakespeare. From Macbeth we get The Be All and End All,. Hamlet tells us he must be cruel to be kind. Romeo and Juliet take us on a wild goose chase. Othello wears his heart upon his sleeve. Thanks to Shakespeare, we wait with baited breath, say, it's all Greek to me.

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