The fool’s licence

Olivia, perhaps used to being railed against, acknowledges the licence of the jester to say whatever they wish. 

There is no slander in an allowed fool 

though he do nothing but rail.

Source: Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, 1.5.76-78

Image credit: A photo of actor Louis H. Chrispijn as Feste (c. 1899)

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