One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one's own bad lines. - Peter Ackroyd

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He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.

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London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.

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Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward.

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