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The worst is not
So long as we can say, "This is the worst."

      — King Lear, Act IV Scene 1

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KEYWORD: diffidence

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Henry VI, Part I
[III, 3]

Charles, King of France

1614

We have been guided by thee hitherto,
And of thy cunning had no diffidence:
One sudden foil shall never breed distrust.

2

King John
[I, 1]

Queen Elinor

70

Out on thee, rude man! thou dost shame thy mother
And wound her honour with this diffidence.

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