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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 8 months ago

I believe Booth got it from a play, so unrelated. But it was probably a more popular phrase before Booth used it.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I believe its from the play Caesar by Shakespeare

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