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Quotation from Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
“But man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep”
Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1530)
The climax of Isabella's first plea: the human judge, fragile as glass and ignorant of his own soul, makes heaven weep.
Citation: "But man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep" — William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1530). (id measure-for-measure-q5)
