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Priscian! a little scratched,'t will serve.

      — Love's Labour's Lost, Act V Scene 1

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KEYWORD: thief

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Coriolanus
[II, 1]

Menenius Agrippa

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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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