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My salad days, when I was green in judgement, cold in blood.
— William Shakespeare · Antony and Cleopatra
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An editorial interpretation.
Here the speaker looks back on youth as a time of inexperience, comparing it to salad — green and unripe — while also being 'cold in blood,' meaning emotionally unseasoned rather than passionate. It's a rueful admission of having judged poorly before gaining maturity.
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