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Moliere. Le Misanthrope ou L'Atrabilaire [The Misanthrope of the Cantankerous Lover]. 4 June 1666, Theatre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 5.

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Terence. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, prologue.

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Terence. Heauton Timorumenos [The Self-Tormentor]. c. 163 BC, act 4, sc. 3.

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Terence. "The Self-Tormentor." The Comedies, translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Classics, 1976.

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Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. Sussex's Men, 1594, The Rose, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Titus Andronicus." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 4.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Sphinx Without a Secret." Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Sphinx Without a Secret." The Model Millionaire: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

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Aristophanes. Λυσιστράτη [Lysistrata]. c. 411 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Aristophanes. "Lysistrata." Lysistrata and Other Plays. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 1.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part I." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Who is it that says most, which can say more
Than this rich praise, that you alone are you.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 84

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 84, I. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 84.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Euripides

Phoenix

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Euripides. Phoenix. 5th century BC, fragment 809.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 12.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. 1895, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, act 2.

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 12, I. 13.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 12.

No man loves like him that's growing old.

Sophocles

Acrisius

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Sophocles. Acrisius. 5th century BC, fragment 64.

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Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Othello." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 29.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 29.

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Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry V. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Curtain, Shoreditch, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Fifth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Sophocles. Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ [Oedipus at Colonus]. 401 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Oedipus at Colonus." The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Odeipus at Colonus, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 7.

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Shakespeare, William. "King John." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 7.