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Quotation from The Tempest by William Shakespeare

“You taught me language, and my profit on ’t Is, I know how to curse.”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Caliban)

The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1540)

Caliban answers Miranda's reproach that she taught him to speak by turning the gift against his teachers.

Citation: "You taught me language, and my profit on ’t Is, I know how to curse." — William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1540). (id the-tempest-q1)

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