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"What a piece of work is a man!" - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II.ii
Solemn Shakespearean Speech
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"Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.
Therein, ye gods, make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, you tyrants to defeat.
No stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of those worldly bars,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
If I know this, I know all the world besides
That part of tyranny that I do bear,
I can shake off at pleasure…
To every bondman in his own hand bears
The power to cancel his captivity."

- English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar (1599), Act I, Scene III