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“Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety.”
Provenance
- Source:
- King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.
- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 66e9d8518be8bff371201bbad0ba2043fca882a2dea5c783990e7b918470f5bf
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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