Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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May catch a wrench; would all were well; 'tis pity;
And so, intending other serious matters, After distasteful looks, and these hard fractions, With certain half-caps and cold-moving nods, They froze me into silence. TIMON. You gods, reward them! Prithee, man, look cheerly. These old fellows Have their ingratitude in them hereditary; Their blood is cak'd, 'tis cold, it seldom flows; 'Tis lack of kindly warmth they are not kind; And nature, as it grows again toward earth, Is fashion'd for the journey, dull and heavy. [To a Servant.] Go to Ventidius.--[To Flavius.] Prithee, be not sad, Thou art true and honest; ingenuously I speak, No blame belongs to thee.--[To Servant.] Ventidius lately Buried his father; by whose death he's stepp'd Into a great estate. When he was poor, Imprison'd and in scarcity of friends, I clear'd him with five talents; greet him from me, Bid him suppose some good necessity Touches his friend, which craves to be remember'd With those five talents. [Exit Servant.] [To Flavius.] That had, give't these fellows |
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