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He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink.

      — Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV Scene 2

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Twelfth Night
[II, 5]

Malvolio

1120

[Reads]
Jove knows I love: But who?
Lips, do not move;
No man must know.
'No man must know.' What follows? the numbers
altered! 'No man must know:' if this should be
thee, Malvolio?

2

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Viola

1815

I shall be much bound to you for't: I am one that
had rather go with sir priest than sir knight: I
care not who knows so much of my mettle.

3

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

First Officer

1878

No, sir, no jot; I know your favour well,
Though now you have no sea-cap on your head.
Take him away: he knows I know him well.

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