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The world is grown so bad,
That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.

      — King Richard III, Act I Scene 3

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KEYWORD: negligence

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Twelfth Night
[I, 4]

Viola

250

You either fear his humour or my negligence, that
you call in question the continuance of his love:
is he inconstant, sir, in his favours?

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Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Viola

1797

This is as uncivil as strange. I beseech you, do me
this courteous office, as to know of the knight what
my offence to him is: it is something of my
negligence, nothing of my purpose.

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