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“But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep.”
Provenance
- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 7485c0fb11480426f1a8b7b4d9b28e91ab07ec1d00af1b84901be9f05e7658ab
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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