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Quotation from The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
“Sir, you have done enough, and have perform’d A saint-like sorrow: no fault could you make Which you have not redeem’d; indeed, paid down More penitence than done trespass”
The Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1539 (modernised spelling))
Sixteen years after Hermione's apparent death, Cleomenes urges Leontes to forgive himself and remarry; Paulina resists.
Citation: "Sir, you have done enough, and have perform’d A saint-like sorrow: no fault could you make Which you have not redeem’d; indeed, paid down More penitence than done trespass" — William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1539 (modernised spelling)). (id the-winters-tale-q12)
