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They say we are
Almost as like as eggs.

      — The Winter's Tale, Act I Scene 2

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KEYWORD: hides

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Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Launce

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More hair than wit? It may be; I'll prove it. The
cover of the salt hides the salt, and therefore it
is more than the salt; the hair that covers the wit
is more than the wit, for the greater hides the
less. What's next?

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