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• As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
  -- Shakespeare, "King Lea...
• The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act v, Sc. 3...
• Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, The gods themselves throw incense.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act v, Sc. 3...
• Striving to better, oft we mar what 's well. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act i, Sc.
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• As if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• The worst is not So long as we can say, "This is the worst.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• Pour on; I will endure. In such a night as this!
  -- King Lear in "King Lear" Act III Sc IV li 60 by William Shakespeare...
• True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wing
  Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard III -- Act v, Sc....
• Ay, every inch a king. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iv, Sc. 6