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Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Food Sugar

Speaker

John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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