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He eats nothing but doves, love, and that breeds hot blood, and hot blood beget hot thoughts, and hot thoughts beget hot deeds, and hot deeds is love.

He eats nothing but doves, love, and that breeds hot blood, and hot blood beget hot thoughts, and hot thoughts beget hot deeds, and hot deeds is love.

Approximate author period: c. 1590 AD · renaissance

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William Shakespeare
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Approximate author period: c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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