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23 Cards in this Set
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A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 12
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A motley fool; a miserable world!
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 13
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As I do live by food, I met a fool
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 14
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Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 15
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And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good terms,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 16
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In good set terms and yet a motley fool.
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 17
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'Good morrow, fool,' quoth I. 'No, sir,' quoth he,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 18
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'Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortune:'
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 19
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And then he drew a dial from his poke,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 20
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And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 21
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Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock:
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 22
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Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the world wags:
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 23
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'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 24
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And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 25
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And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 26
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And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 27
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And thereby hangs a tale.' When I did hear
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 28
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The motley fool thus moral on the time,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 29
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My lungs began to crow like chanticleer,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 30
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That fools should be so deep-contemplative,
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 31
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And I did laugh sans intermission
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 32
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An hour by his dial. O noble fool!
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 33
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A worthy fool! Motley's the only wear.
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Jaques, As You Like It, 2.7 l. 34
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