| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 50796 |
| QUOTATION: | When you have our roses, You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves, And mock us with our bareness. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (15641616), British dramatist, poet. Diana, in Alls Well That Ends Well, act 4, sc. 2, l. 18-20.
Resisting Bertrams attempt to seduce her. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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