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'T is a naughty night to swim in.

      — King Lear, Act III Scene 4

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KEYWORD: causeless

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All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3]

Lafeu

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They say miracles are past; and we have our
philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar,
things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that
we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves
into seeming knowledge, when we should submit
ourselves to an unknown fear.

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