You still use phrases Shakespeare invented 400 years ago

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In recognition of his late-April birth,* district manager Cristen Baumann sent in this collection of phrases still commonly used today that were coined and popularized over 400 years ago by William Shakespeare.

A 20-year-old woman in London originally collected the phrases in her Moleskine notebook and posted a picture of the notebook page on her Tumblr blog in 2011. The quotes have been shared in various formats ever since.

*The English playwright died in late April, too. Cruel month.

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