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" Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
Even now I curse the day—and yet, I think,
Few come within the compass of my curse,—
Wherein I did not some notorious ill,
As kill a man, or else devise his death,
Ravish a maid, or plot the way to do it,
Accuse some innocent and forswear myself,
Set deadly enmity between two friends,
Make poor men's cattle break their necks;
Set fire on barns and hay-stacks in the night,
And bid the owners quench them with their tears.
Oft have I digg'd up dead men from their graves,
And set them upright at their dear friends' doors,
Even when their sorrows almost were forgot;
And on their skins, as on the bark of trees,
Have with my knife carved in Roman letters,
'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.'
Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things
As willingly as one would kill a fly,
And nothing grieves me heartily indeed
But that I cannot do ten thousand more. "

William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus


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William Shakespeare quote : Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.<br />Even now I curse the day—and yet, I think,<br />Few come within the compass of my curse,—<br />Wherein I did not some notorious ill,<br />As kill a man, or else devise his death,<br />Ravish a maid, or plot the way to do it,<br />Accuse some innocent and forswear myself,<br />Set deadly enmity between two friends,<br />Make poor men's cattle break their necks;<br />Set fire on barns and hay-stacks in the night,<br />And bid the owners quench them with their tears.<br />Oft have I digg'd up dead men from their graves,<br />And set them upright at their dear friends' doors,<br />Even when their sorrows almost were forgot;<br />And on their skins, as on the bark of trees,<br />Have with my knife carved in Roman letters,<br />'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.'<br />Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things<br />As willingly as one would kill a fly,<br />And nothing grieves me heartily indeed<br />But that I cannot do ten thousand more.