Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

The Princess Bride

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Topic

Suffering The human condition

Speaker

The Man in Black

Actor

Cary Elwes

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a tale.

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As You Like It
Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Era
European Renaissance
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Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 7.

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You've gotta remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know—morons.

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Farmers Salt of the earth
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Jim "Waco Kid"
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Blazing Saddles
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Comedy (film) Comedy
Language
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Time
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