What's past is prologue. — William Shakespeare · Skopia

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What's past is prologue.

William Shakespeare

The Tempest · 1616

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Past as prologue Past and future The past

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1616 The Renaissance

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William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

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