Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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That see I by our faces; we are fellows still,
Serving alike in sorrow. Leak'd is our bark, And we, poor mates, stand on the dying deck, Hearing the surges threat: we must all part Into this sea of air. FLAVIUS. Good fellows all, The latest of my wealth I'll share amongst you. Wherever we shall meet, for Timon's sake Let's yet be fellows; let's shake our heads, and say, As 'twere a knell unto our master's fortune, 'We have seen better days.' Let each take some; [Giving them money.] Nay, put out all your hands. Not one word more: Thus part we rich in sorrow, parting poor. [They embrace, and part several ways.] O! the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us. Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt? Who would be so mock'd with glory? or so live, But in a dream of friendship? To have his pomp, and all what state compounds But only painted, like his varnish'd friends? Poor honest lord! brought low by his own heart, Undone by goodness. Strange, unusual blood, |
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