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{{quote|"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man;"|''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''}}
* [[Fatal Flaw]]
{{quote|"So, oft it chances in particular men,
That for some vicious mole of nature in them...
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,
Their virtues else ? be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo ?
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault."|''[[Hamlet]]''}}
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Shakespeare coined the phrase, although he used it to mean the [[Inverted Trope|inverse]] and it got [[Trope Decay|trope decayed]] ("foregone" means "averted" [[You Keep Using That Word|even today]]):
{{quote|"But this denoted a foregone conclusion: 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be [[All Just a Dream|but a dream]]." |''[[Othello]]''}}
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{{quote|"If this were acted upon the stage I would condemn it as an improbable fiction."|''[[Twelfth Night]]''}}
* [[MST3K Mantra]]:
{{quote|"Do not infest your mind with beating on
The strangeness of this business"|''[[The Tempest]]''}}
* [[Naughty Nuns]]: In ''[[Measure for Measure]]''
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]:
{{quote|"Out, damned spot! out, I say!"|''[[Macbeth]]''}}
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]{{quote|'''Puck:''' ''If we shadows have offended
Think but this, and all is mended
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear
And this weak and idle theme,
no more yielding, but a dream
take my hand, if we be friends
and Robin shall restore amends''|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''}}
* [[Seen It a Million Times]]:
{{quote|"How many times shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er? In states unborn and accents yet unknown".|''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}}
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Many times.
* [[Your Mom]]<ref>Yes, Shakespeare [[Double Entendre|did your mom first.]]</ref>:
{{quote|'''Demetrius:''' ''Villain, what hast thou done?''
'''Aaron:''' ''That which thou canst not undo.''
{{quote|'''Painter:''' ''Y'are a dog.''<br />'''Apemantus:''' ''Thy mother's of my generation. What's she, if I be a dog?''|''[[Timon of Athens]]''}}▼
'''Chiron:''' ''Thou hast undone our mother.''
'''Aaron:''' ''Villain, I have ''done'' thy mother.''|''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]''}}
{{quote|'''Painter:''' ''Y'are a dog.''
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Quite possibly the ultimate proof of the truth of this law: Shakespeare has an example of a [[Sock Puppet]] in ''[[Julius Caesar]]''. Yes, a character uses a [[Online Personas|made-up persona]] in a play set in ancient Rome and written in Elizabethan England. It's also used as an early example of [[Astroturf|Astroturfing]].
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