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> [We don't go to Shakespeare to find out about life in Elizabethan England; we go to Shakespeare to find out about ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/we-don-t-go-to-shakespeare-to-find-out-about-life-in-elizabethan/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [If you had to find a period in history that would equate to what the Internet has presented us with now, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhys-ifans/if-you-had-to-find-a-period-in-history-that-would-equate-to-what-the/)

[Rhys Ifans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhys-ifans/)

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> [“In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/in-elizabethan-england-you-will-only-find-small-codpieces-large-ones/)

[Ian Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mortimer/)

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> [There's a wonderful author named Can Themba, who said that Africa extends a fraternal handshake to Shakespeare. That William Shakespeare would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/there-s-a-wonderful-author-named-can-themba-who-said-that-africa/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

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