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'''Hamlet:''' At supper.
'''Claudius:''' At supper! Where?
'''Hamlet:''' Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him.}}
* [[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]]."
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