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Upon a Wheel of Fire

The Master said, “Cunning words, an ingratiating face, and utter servility, these things Tso-ch’iu Ming found shameful. I, too, find them shameful. To be friendly towards someone while concealing one’s hostility, this Tso-ch’iu Ming found shameful. I, too, find it shameful.”

confucius, The Analects, Book V, 25

You do me wrong to take me out o’ th’ grave; Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.

william shakespeare, King Lear, act IV, scene vii

CHAPTER SIX