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Quotation from Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
“A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep”
Measure for Measure, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1530)
The Provost describes Barnardine, whose drunken indifference to death is the comic opposite of Claudio's fear.
Citation: "A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep" — William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1530). (id measure-for-measure-q13)
