This quotation from King Lear is noted by Thomas Hardy as one of his inspirations for Tess of the d’Urbervilles:
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport. (King Lear Act IV, Scene I)