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If you cannot understand my argument and declare, "It's Greek to me!", you are quoting Shakespeare.
If you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare.
If you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare.
If you act more in sorrow than in anger,
If your wish is father to the thought,
If your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare.
If you have ever refused to budge an inch, or suffered from green-eyed jealousy,
If you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked, or in a pickle;
If you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort, or too much of a good thing;
If you have seen better days, or lived in a Fool's Paradise,
Why, be that as it may,
(The more fool you)
For it is a foregone conclusion that you are
(As good luck would have it),
Quoting Shakespeare!
If you clear out bag and baggage,
If you think it is high time, and that that is the long and short of it,
If you believe that the game is up, and the truth will out, even if it involves your own flesh and blood--
If you lie low 'til the crack of doom because you suspect foul play--
If you have your teeth set on edge, at one fell swoop, without rhyme or reason;
Then to give the Devil his due,
If the truth were known,
(For surely you have a tongue in your head),
You are quoting Shakespeare!
Even if you had bid me good riddance and sent me packing,
If you wish I was dead as a door nail,
If you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the Devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded, or a blinking idiot--
Then, by Jove,
Oh, Lord,
Tut, tut,
For goodness' sake,
What the dickens, but me no but's,
It is all one to me--
For you are quoting Shakespeare!
--Based on Bernard Levin's "Enthusiasms" by Dr. Jack Wann
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Names, titles, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection. They may, however be registered as trademarks.
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