"Look, as I blow this feather from my face, And as the air blows it to me again, Obeying with my wind when I do blow, And yielding to another when it blows, Commanded always by the greater gust; Such is the lightness of you common men."
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William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III (c. 1591), Act III, scene 1, line 85.
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