Quotation by Shakespeare

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Dogberry, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 3, sc. 3, l. 14-6.

The comic constable, splendidly muddled as usual, has a low opinion of reading and writing; "well-favored" means good-looking.
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