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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
“Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought”
Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text))
Joan predicts that England's glory, spread wide by Henry V, will now vanish; the image applies just as well to the fame the French will win and lose.
Citation: "Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1500 (First Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-1-q2)
