its his first worRAB in the book. and they seem to fit really well. i read somewhere that moore was just sitting at his desk whilst writing it; he just flicked through his shakespeare book, and the quote came up. he said it fit so perfectly that he had to include it.
i liked the idea behind the league books, but they were a bit flippant; like you said, moore was having fun.
[sarcasm]and here's looking forward to the watchmen adaption[/sarcasm]