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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!

      — King Lear, Act I Scene 4

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Pericles
[II, 1]

Pericles

675

[Aside] How well this honest mirth becomes their labour!

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Pericles
[II, 3]

Simonides

821

Knights,
To say you're welcome were superfluous.
To place upon the volume of your deeds,
As in a title-page, your worth in arms,
Were more than you expect, or more than's fit,
Since every worth in show commends itself.
Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast:
You are princes and my guests.

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