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IMPROVE YOUR RUDE WORD POWER WITH THE SHAKESPEARE INSULT-O-MATIC!



	If we imagine no worse of them than they of themselves, they may pass for excellent men.

Click on the bard to be blasted with another Shakespearean swearword, oath or insult.

Looks like gibberish to you? Here's what it all means:
The people being insulted are idiots, but they have a very high opinion of themselves.

Fancy reading more like that? It's from:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1

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