“Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law
My services are bound. Wherefore should I
Stand in the plague of custom, and permit
The curiosity of nations to deprive me,
For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines
Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore base?
…
Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land.
Our father’s love is to the bastard Edmund
As to the legitimate. Fine word—“legitimate”!
Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed,
And my invention thrive, Edmund the base
Shall top the legitimate. I grow; I prosper.
Now, gods, stand up for bastards!”
– William Shakespeare, 1616.
“Bitch better have my money.”
– Rihanna, 2015.
For those of you who aren’t too familiar with Bill Shakespeare, here is a summary of what the quote means: https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/lear/quotes/page/2/.
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