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She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore may be won;
She is Lavinia, therefore must be loved.
What, man! more water glideth by the mill
Than wots the miller of;

      — Titus Andronicus, Act II Scene 1

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KEYWORD: fit

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Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 3]

Cleopatra

1732

There's gold for thee.
Thou must not take my former sharpness ill:
I will employ thee back again; I find thee
Most fit for business: go make thee ready;
Our letters are prepared.

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Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 7]

Cleopatra

1938

Thou hast forspoke my being in these wars,
And say'st it is not fit.

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