The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: the round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens. (William Shakespeare)

The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: the round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens.

William Shakespeare

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