Methink thou art a general offence, and every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon you (All's well that ends well)
More of your conversation would infect my brain (Coriolanus)
Most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth (The Tempest)
My two schoolfellows. Whom I shall trust as I will adders fangs (Hamlet)
My wife's a hobby horse (The Winter's Tale)
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