Famous Quotes | At a few drops of women’s...

At a few drops of women’s rheum, which are
As cheap as lies, he sold the blood and labor
Of our great action. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Aufidius, in Coriolanus, act 5, sc. 6, l. 45-7. Speaking of Coriolanus, who yielded to the entreaties of his wife and mother to spare Rome; “rheum” means tears.

Categories: Capitulation, Dramatist, Tears, War

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