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" What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.
Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I.
Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.
Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason why:
Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself?
Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good
That I myself have done unto myself?
O, no! Alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself.
I am a villain. Yet I lie. I am not.
Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter:
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Perjury, perjury, in the highest degree;
Murder, stern murder, in the direst degree;
All several sins, all used in each degree,
Throng to the bar, crying all, “Guilty! guilty!”
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me,
And if I die no soul will pity me.
And wherefore should they, since that I myself
Find in myself no pity to myself? "

William Shakespeare , Richard III


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William Shakespeare quote : What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.<br />Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I.<br />Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.<br />Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason why:<br />Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself?<br />Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good<br />That I myself have done unto myself?<br />O, no! Alas, I rather hate myself<br />For hateful deeds committed by myself.<br />I am a villain. Yet I lie. I am not.<br />Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter:<br />My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,<br />And every tongue brings in a several tale,<br />And every tale condemns me for a villain.<br />Perjury, perjury, in the highest degree;<br />Murder, stern murder, in the direst degree;<br />All several sins, all used in each degree,<br />Throng to the bar, crying all, “Guilty! guilty!”<br />I shall despair. There is no creature loves me,<br />And if I die no soul will pity me.<br />And wherefore should they, since that I myself<br />Find in myself no pity to myself?