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• Not Hercules could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none. -- William Shakespeare
• Not Hercules could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none." -- Shakespeare
• Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act v, Sc. 1...
• As happy as if he had brains.
• If he had brains, he'd take them out and play with them.
• He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
  -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lo...
• I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello -- Act ii, Sc.
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• He that would have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. -- William Shakespeare