Quotation by Shakespeare

And the country proverb known,
That every man should take his own,
In your waking shall be shown.
Jack shall have Jill,
Naught shall go ill:
The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Puck, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 3, sc. 2, l. 458-63.

All these phrases are proverbial; Puck is squeezing magic juice on the eyelids of the sleeping lovers to restore peace and reconciliation.
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