Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor.

William Shakespeare

King Lear

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Topic

Fortune Good luck The poor

Speaker

Fool

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

King Lear

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1606 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

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

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Source
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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