LEAR: Through tattered clothes small vices do appear.
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.
Arm it in rags, a pygmy’s straw does pierce it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet

King Lear, Act 4, sc. 6, l. 180ff (4.6.180-183) (1606)
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