| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 50849 |
| QUOTATION: | What need the bridge much broader than the flood? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (15641616), 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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