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  • Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over. SeeAugustus 42:48.

    - Aphra ne  e  Amis Behn
      Quoted in Ian Crofton and Donald Fraser A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (1985), quoting the last words of  Augustus as he lay dying.

  •    The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.

    - Al Hirschfeld
      In the NewYork Times, 21  Jun.

  • Fish don't applaud.

    - Bob originally LeslieTownes Hope Hope
       When asked why he didn't retire and go fishing, in the New York Times, 28 Sep.

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