Man's nature cannot carry Th' affliction nor the fear.
 William Shakespeare, King Lear (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source King Lear
Topic fear
Date 1623
Language English
Reference
Note Written between 1603 and 1606
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Context

“The wrathful skies Gallow the very wanderers of the dark And make them keep their caves. Since I was man, Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, Such groans of roaring wind and rain, I never Remember to have heard. Man's nature cannot carry Th' affliction nor the fear. Lear. Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now. Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipp'd of justice. Hide thee, thou bloody hand;” source