Did William Shakespeare really say 'I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.'?

William Shakespeare Quote Source & Citation:

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.

— William Shakespeare Early Modern · Greatest playwright in English

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As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1

Date: c. 1599-1600

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