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“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a Pygmy’s straw does pierce it.”
(IV.vi)
These words certainly resonate in our current era…
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Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a Pygmy’s straw does pierce it.”
(IV.vi)
These words certainly resonate in our current era…
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“‘‘Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind.”
(IV.i)
— Jun 01, 2026 08:21PM
(IV.i)
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Reading this again for the first time in ~15 years. Long my favorite play of Shakespeare and so far it holds up to that judgement.
— Jun 01, 2026 08:21PM
Thou know’st, the first time we smell the air
We wawl and cry. I will preach to thee: mark.
When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools…”