The Comedy of Errors

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I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop..

Antipholus of Syracuse, Act 1, Scene 2

And he will bless that cross with other beating:
Between you I shall have a holy head.

Dromio of Ephesus, Act 2, Scene 1

Was there ever any man thus beaten out of season,
When in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme
nor reason?

Dromio of Syracuse, Act 2, Scene 2

Every why hath a wherefore.

Dromio of Syracuse, Act 2, Scene 2

Am I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking, mad or well-advised?

Antipholus of Syracuse, Act 2, Scene 2

Until I know this sure uncertainty,
I'll entertain the offer'd fallacy.

Antipholus of Syracuse, Act 2, Scene 2

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

Balthazar, Act 3, Scene 1

Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

Dromio of Syracuse, Act 4, Scene 3

Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother...

Dromio of Ephesus, Act 5, Scene 1

O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last...

Egeon, Act 5, Scene 1

We came into the world like brother and brother;
And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

Dromio of Ephesus, Act 5, Scene 1

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