"Troilus and Cressida" Act II, Scene 2 by William Shakespeare
Cassandra: Cry, Trojans, cry! a Helen, and a woe;
Cry, cry! Troy burns, or else let Helen go.
Cry, Trojans, cry! practise your eyes with tears!
Troy must not be, nor goodly Ilion stand;
Our fire-brand brother, Paris, burns us all.
Troilus: We may not think the justness of each act
Such and no other than event doth form it;
Nor once deject the courage of our minds
Because Cassandra's mad; her brainsick raptures
Cannot distaste the goodness of a quarrel,
Which hath our several honours all engaged
To make it gracious.
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