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Quotation from King John by William Shakespeare

“That smooth-fac’d gentleman, tickling commodity, Commodity, the bias of the world”

William Shakespeare (spoken by The Bastard)

King John, Act II, Scene I (Project Gutenberg #1511)

The central image of the commodity speech: self-interest is the weight in a bowl that makes the world run off true.

Citation: "That smooth-fac’d gentleman, tickling commodity, Commodity, the bias of the world" — William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, Scene I (Project Gutenberg #1511). (id king-john-q2)

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