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Coriolanus

Coriolanus
William Shakespeare

Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. The tragedy is one of the last two tragedies written by Shakespeare, along with Antony and Cleopatra.

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“I talk of you:
Why did you wish me milder? would you have me
False to my nature? Rather say I play
The man I am.”

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“There is a world elsewhere.”

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“They lie deadly that tell you have good faces.”

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“More of your conversation would infect my brain.”

William Shakespeare Coriolanus

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