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One of my favorite Shakespeare lines about rain is from Merchant of Venice, when Portia compares it to mercy:
The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath.
It is twice blessed.
It blesseth him that gives
and him that takes.
That quote says everything you feel like you’ve exper…
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