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This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
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