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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon'em.

      — Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5

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KEYWORD: meanest

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Coriolanus
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Volumnia

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Now, pray, sir, get you gone:
You have done a brave deed. Ere you go, hear this:—
As far as doth the Capitol exceed
The meanest house in Rome, so far my son—
This lady's husband here, this, do you see—
Whom you have banish'd, does exceed you all.

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