1.
“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.”
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1
2.
“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.”
John Donne, Holy Sonnet X
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