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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
“Ah, Nell, forbear! Thou aimest all awry. I must offend before I be attainted”
Henry VI, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text))
Gloucester answers his wife's warning that his enemies will destroy him; his confidence in his own innocence is the error that kills him.
Citation: "Ah, Nell, forbear! Thou aimest all awry. I must offend before I be attainted" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1501 (Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-2-q3)
