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Lord, what fools these mortals be!

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  1. A line from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream , by William Shakespeare. A mischievous fairy, Puck, addressing his king, is commenting on the folly of the human beings who have come into his forest.

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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!" exclaims Puck in _A Mid-summer Night's Dream.

From It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration by Morris, Joseph

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