"Such men as he be never at..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.
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“GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smother'd. But God be thanked. . . .”
“Opinion, a sovereign mistress of effects.”
“Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.”
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