Shakespeare & Co.

June 30, 2012

"And all men kill the thing they love,
By all let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!"

— The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde

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