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PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]

PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will; And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

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