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Quotation from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1515, modern spelling)
The same speech turns from the shared body to a claim to revenge.
Citation: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1515, modern spelling). (id the-merchant-of-venice-q5)
Portrait: Merchant venice tp, Unknown, Public domain.
