I love this part of King Lear: Nothing will come of nothing: speak again. That’s when the king asks Cordelia, his youngest daughter to flatter him in order to receive a part of his kingdom. Cordelia simply refuses excessive flattery:

Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth I love your majesty According to my bond; no more nor less. You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you.

Integrity is a virtue, yet in a cruel transactional world it condemns one to downfall, as it happens to Cordelia.

P.S. Akira Kurosawa’s Ran is the best adaptation of King lear in my humble opinion.