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I think the phrase is commonly attributed to Shakespeare from his play Othello, in a line spoken by Iago: "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" [1.1.65]. Of course, Iago's intent was to deceive Othello, but still...

Shakespeare, however, may have gotten it from his knowledge of Middle Ages history, whereby a knight, when dedicating his performance that day to a woman in the court, he wear her colors, or a kerchief or something to tie around his arm that she had given him, to show he was representing her.

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