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> [Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so I am: then crushing penury Persuades me I was better when a king; Then am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-play-i-in-one-person-many-people-and-none-contented-sometimes-am/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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