A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed… — William Shakespeare

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.

Hamlet · 1616
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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.
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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 3.