Quote#Nature
O great corrector of enormous times
Quote byJohn Fletcher · 1579–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Two Noble Kinsmen (with William Shakespeare; c. 1613; pub. 1634), Act V, scene 1.
English (original)
O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood The earth when it is sick, and curest the world O' the pleurisy of people.
— John Fletcher
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