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    Which Shakespeare play does this badly quoted sentence come from, "How sharp as a serpent's tooth is an ungrateful child"?

    Question #48883. Asked by mumby21. (Jun 29 04 2:39 AM)


    sunfloweruk23

    		The verbatim phrase is 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child'; which is quoted in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'.

    Jun 29 04, 3:26 AM

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