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NUMBER:50849
QUOTATION:What need the bridge much broader than the flood?
ATTRIBUTION:William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Don Pedro, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 316.

Telling Claudio there is no need to do more than is necessary to achieve his desire; “flood” means water or river.
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WORKS:Shakespeare Collection.
 
 
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