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The course of true love never did run smooth
 
 
True love always encounters difficulties. This proverb comes from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare.  1
 
 
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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