Troilus and Cressida (1601-3), I, i, 74-78 (Pandarus)
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Because she's kin to me, therefore she's not so fair as Helen: an she were not kin to me, she would be as fair on Friday as Helen is on Sunday. But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me.
— Black people
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Because she's kin to me, therefore she's not so fair as Helen: an she were not kin to me, she would be as fair on Friday as Helen is on Sunday. But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me." in the context of "Troilus and Cressida (1601-3), I, i, 74-78 (Pandarus)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Black people" (Quotes, I - Z, Shakespeare)
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About Black people
Black people usually refers to people of relatively recent African descent (see African diaspora), although other usages extend the term to any of the populations characterized by having a dark skin color, a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania and Southwest Asia.
About Black people
Black people usually refers to people of relatively recent African descent (see African diaspora), although other usages extend the term to any of the populations characterized by having a dark skin color, a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania and Southwest Asia.
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