Lewis: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
classic line from the play King John, Act III, Scene 3, script by William Shakespeare (1596)
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Lewis: Strong reasons make strong actions.
line from the play King John, Act III, Scene 4, script by William Shakespeare (1596)
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King John: So foul a sky clears not without a storm.
line from King John, Act IV, Scene 2 by William Shakespeare (1596)
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare in King John
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This England never did, nor never shall, lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
William Shakespeare in King John
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Bastard: Be great in act, as you have been in thought;
Let not the world see fear and sad distrust
Govern the motion of a kingly eye.
line from the play King John, Act V, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1596)
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Bastard: Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
If England to itself do rest but true.
closing line from King John, Act V, Scene 7 by William Shakespeare (1596)
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Austria: By how much unexpected, by so much
We must awake endeavour for defence;
For courage mounteth with occasion.
Let them be welcome, then; we are prepar'd.
line from the play King John, Act II, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1596)
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Pembroke: When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness;
And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by th’ excuse.
line from the play King John, Act IV, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare (1596)
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King John: Now, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?
Chatillon: Thus, after greeting, speaks the King of France
In my behaviour to the majesty,
The borrowed majesty, of England here.
opening lines from King John, Act I, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare (1596)
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