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“Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?”
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- Source:
- The Size.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 6fa50d346a299e6eb01343d827d25e516d6ed18ce882575159832703fa113ce7
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Live while ye may, Yet happy pair.”
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“'T is what you will,--or will be what you would.”
Du Bartas
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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