William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare on true stories

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Queen Elizabeth to King Richard in William Shakespeare‘s “The Tragedy of King Richard the Third”, Act IV, Scene iv, Line 358, (London: J. M. Dent & Company, November 1904), Edition 10, p. 136. First published (London: by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise, 1597).

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"An honest tale speeds best being plainly told."