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He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.

— Hamlet, Act I Scene 2

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KEYWORD: knowledge

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# Result number	Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.	Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."	Line Shows where the line falls within the work. The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.	Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.
1	All's Well That Ends Well [I, 1]	Lafeu	27	He was excellent indeed, madam: the king very lately spoke of him admiringly and mourningly: he was skilful enough to have lived still, if knowledge could be set up against mortality.
2	All's Well That Ends Well [II, 3]	Lafeu	891	They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
3	All's Well That Ends Well [II, 3]	Lafeu	1124	Even as soon as thou canst, for thou hast to pull at a smack o' the contrary. If ever thou be'st bound in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what it is to be proud of thy bondage. I have a desire to hold my acquaintance with thee, or rather my knowledge, that I may say in the default, he is a man I know.
4	All's Well That Ends Well [II, 5]	Bertram	1270	I do assure you, my lord, he is very great in knowledge and accordingly valiant.
5	All's Well That Ends Well [III, 6]	Second Lord	1735	Believe it, my lord, in mine own direct knowledge, without any malice, but to speak of him as my kinsman, he's a most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker, the owner of no one good quality worthy your lordship's entertainment.
6	All's Well That Ends Well [IV, 3]	Parolles	2279	Upon my knowledge, he is, and lousy.

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