An I had but one penny in the world,
thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.
~ William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost
5 thoughts on “. . . but one penny”
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Kathy Waller 
Great quote. Merry Christmas!
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Thank you. Merry Christmas to you and all the cats and dogs and everybody else.
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Today, a penny wouldn’t even buy a slice of gingerbread, let alone the whole loaf.
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Will a penny buy anything now? When I was a child, you could put a penny in the little machine and get a gumball. I don’t know if they even have gumball machines now.
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I doubt it.
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