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bmichaelh

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13. Shakespeare
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:22 AM
Apr 20

Just a few from Shakespeare, there are many, many more that could apply to you know who:


GLOUCESTER
Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh,
And ne'er throughout the year to church thou goes
Except it be to pray against thy foes.
--Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI 1.1.41-43

MENENIUS
There is no more
mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
--Shakespeare, Coriolanus 5.4.28-29

MARCUS
He takes false shadows for true substances.
--Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus 3.2.81

PORTIA
When
he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he
is worst he is little better than a beast.
--Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice 1. 2. 82-84

PISANIO
[His] tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
--Shakespeare, Cymbeline 3.4.34-35

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