Jacqueline CareyAnd for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing.
About This Quote
And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing. This quote is attributed to the great writer William Shakespeare, but little is known about its exact origins. What can be assumed, however, is that its meaning was well-established by the time the quote entered the English language. It has been used in casual speech ever since it was first uttered by Shakespeare.
It is said that this quote is Shakespeare’s criticism of the “hypocrisy of character” because it suggests that it is possible to lie about one thing and lie about everything else. This idea has been widely debated since the time of Shakespeare, but no one really knows for sure how he meant to convey this idea.
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