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“My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: my crown is called content; A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.
— William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III (c. 1591), Act III, scene 1, line 63.
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