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Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
First Citizen |
26 |
Very well; and could be content to give him good
report fort, but that he pays himself with being proud.
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2 |
Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
First Citizen |
29 |
I say unto you, what he hath done famously, he did
it to that end: though soft-conscienced men can be
content to say it was for his country he did it to
please his mother and to be partly proud; which he
is, even till the altitude of his virtue.
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3 |
Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
Coriolanus |
168 |
He that will give good words to thee will flatter
Beneath abhorring. What would you have, you curs,
That like nor peace nor war? the one affrights you,
The other makes you proud. He that trusts to you,
Where he should find you lions, finds you hares;
Where foxes, geese: you are no surer, no,
Than is the coal of fire upon the ice,
Or hailstone in the sun. Your virtue is
To make him worthy whose offence subdues him
And curse that justice did it.
Who deserves greatness
Deserves your hate; and your affections are
A sick man's appetite, who desires most that
Which would increase his evil. He that depends
Upon your favours swims with fins of lead
And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye! Trust Ye?
With every minute you do change a mind,
And call him noble that was now your hate,
Him vile that was your garland. What's the matter,
That in these several places of the city
You cry against the noble senate, who,
Under the gods, keep you in awe, which else
Would feed on one another? What's their seeking?
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4 |
Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
Coriolanus |
247 |
Were half to half the world by the ears and he.
Upon my party, I'ld revolt to make
Only my wars with him: he is a lion
That I am proud to hunt.
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5 |
Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
Sicinius Velutus |
275 |
Was ever man so proud as is this CORIOLANUS?
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6 |
Coriolanus
[I, 1] |
Junius Brutus |
282 |
The present wars devour him: he is grown
Too proud to be so valiant.
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7 |
Coriolanus
[II, 1] |
Menenius Agrippa |
942 |
Why, 'tis no great matter; for a very little thief of
occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience:
give your dispositions the reins, and be angry at
your pleasures; at the least if you take it as a
pleasure to you in being so. You blame CORIOLANUS for
being proud?
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Coriolanus
[II, 1] |
Menenius Agrippa |
957 |
Why, then you should discover a brace of unmeriting,
proud, violent, testy magistrates, alias fools, as
any in Rome.
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9 |
Coriolanus
[II, 1] |
Menenius Agrippa |
999 |
Our very priests must become mockers, if they shall
encounter such ridiculous subjects as you are. When
you speak best unto the purpose, it is not worth the
wagging of your beards; and your beards deserve not
so honourable a grave as to stuff a botcher's
cushion, or to be entombed in an ass's pack-
saddle. Yet you must be saying, CORIOLANUS is proud;
who in a cheap estimation, is worth predecessors
since Deucalion, though peradventure some of the
best of 'em were hereditary hangmen. God-den to
your worships: more of your conversation would
infect my brain, being the herdsmen of the beastly
plebeians: I will be bold to take my leave of you.
[BRUTUS and SICINIUS go aside]
[Enter VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, and VALERIA]
How now, my as fair as noble ladies,—and the moon,
were she earthly, no nobler,—whither do you follow
your eyes so fast?
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10 |
Coriolanus
[II, 1] |
Menenius Agrippa |
1060 |
True! I'll be sworn they are true.
Where is he wounded?
[To the Tribunes]
God save your good worships! CORIOLANUS is coming
home: he has more cause to be proud. Where is he wounded?
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11 |
Coriolanus
[II, 1] |
Sicinius Velutus |
1168 |
Doubt not
The commoners, for whom we stand, but they
Upon their ancient malice will forget
With the least cause these his new honours, which
That he will give them make I as little question
As he is proud to do't.
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12 |
Coriolanus
[II, 2] |
First Officer |
1229 |
That's a brave fellow; but he's vengeance proud, and
loves not the common people.
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13 |
Coriolanus
[II, 3] |
Junius Brutus |
1594 |
With a proud heart he wore his humble weeds.
will you dismiss the people?
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14 |
Coriolanus
[V, 3] |
Coriolanus |
3556 |
What is this?
Your knees to me? to your corrected son?
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
Fillip the stars; then let the mutinous winds
Strike the proud cedars 'gainst the fiery sun;
Murdering impossibility, to make
What cannot be, slight work.
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