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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

      — King Lear, Act V Scene 3

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1

Coriolanus
[IV, 6]

Junius Brutus

3082

Not possible.

2

Coriolanus
[V, 4]

Menenius Agrippa

3733

If it be possible for you to displace it with your
little finger, there is some hope the ladies of
Rome, especially his mother, may prevail with him.
But I say there is no hope in't: our throats are
sentenced and stay upon execution.

3

Coriolanus
[V, 4]

Sicinius Velutus

3738

Is't possible that so short a time can alter the
condition of a man!

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