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> [But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/but-shakespeare-knows-what-the-sphinx-thinks-if-anybody-does-his/)

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## More by William Alfred Quayle

> [But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/but-shakespeare-knows-what-the-sphinx-thinks-if-anybody-does-his/)

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> [Winter is ruthless and sometimes sullen and murderous. The wild winter North has gulped ten thousand summers down nor left a froth of sunshine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/winter-is-ruthless-and-sometimes-sullen-and-murderous-the-wild-winter/)

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> [Winter is on the road to spring. Some think it a surly road. I do not. A primrose road to spring were not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/winter-is-on-the-road-to-spring-some-think-it-a-surly-road-i-do-not-a/)

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> [Frankly, the trouble with winter is, it is all backbone. It is fleshless, insensate, with neither a breast to be leaned on nor a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/frankly-the-trouble-with-winter-is-it-is-all-backbone-it-is-fleshless/)

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> [Winter is not an end. It is in transit. It is headed to bankruptcy. The sheriff will sell its stock for what he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/winter-is-not-an-end-it-is-in-transit-it-is-headed-to-bankruptcy-the/)

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> [Winter's notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alfred-quayle/winter-s-notion-of-poetry-is-tragedy-it-knows-nothing-of-comedy-its/)

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