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act 3, sc. 4, l. 731st and 2nd Murderers, in Richard III1st Carrier, in Henry IV, Part 11st Citizen, in Coriolanus1st Fairy, in A Midsummer Night's DreamRelated Subjects
strength (8) death (6) virtue (6) lust (4) God (4) paradise (4) love (4) guilt (3) power (3) human nature (3)
But something may be done that we will not,
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves,
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves,
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Troilus, in Troilus and Cressida, act 4, sc. 4, l. 94-7.
Anxious about Cressida's promise to be faithful to him; "changeful potency" = unstable strength.
Anxious about Cressida's promise to be faithful to him; "changeful potency" = unstable strength.
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