Cliches in Shakespeare's plays. I know a lot (an astounding number) of these are originals of his, but I can't help but think that a few of them really were cliches in his day. "They say an old man is twice a child"? That just screams that he's quoting a widely known phrase.

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Posted on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 at 8:13 am. Filed under miniblog.