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Quotation from Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

“The senators of Rome are this good belly, And you the mutinous members”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Menenius Agrippa)

Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1535)

Menenius applies his fable: the Senate, like the belly, receives the common store only to distribute it to the whole body.

Citation: "The senators of Rome are this good belly, And you the mutinous members" — William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1535). (id coriolanus-q2)

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