Quotation by Shakespeare

I see you what you are, you are too proud;
But if you were the devil, you are fair.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Viola, in Twelfth Night, act 1, sc. 5, l. 250-1.

On Olivia; "if" means even if.
Surprise me with a
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