MENAS: We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good; so find we profit
By losing of our prayers.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 2, sc. 1, l. 7ff (2.1.7-10) (1607)
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