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Timon of Athens
[I, 1] |
Poet |
7 |
Ay, that's well known:
But what particular rarity? what strange,
Which manifold record not matches? See,
Magic of bounty! all these spirits thy power
Hath conjured to attend. I know the merchant.
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2 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 1] |
Painter |
12 |
I know them both; th' other's a jeweller.
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3 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 1] |
Timon |
125 |
Noble Ventidius! Well;
I am not of that feather to shake off
My friend when he must need me. I do know him
A gentleman that well deserves a help:
Which he shall have: I'll pay the debt,
and free him.
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4 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 1] |
Jeweller |
209 |
My lord, 'tis rated
As those which sell would give: but you well know,
Things of like value differing in the owners
Are prized by their masters: believe't, dear lord,
You mend the jewel by the wearing it.
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5 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 2] |
Flavius |
539 |
[Aside] I scarce know how.
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6 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 2] |
Flavius |
554 |
[Aside] What will this come to?
He commands us to provide, and give great gifts,
And all out of an empty coffer:
Nor will he know his purse, or yield me this,
To show him what a beggar his heart is,
Being of no power to make his wishes good:
His promises fly so beyond his state
That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes
For every word: he is so kind that he now
Pays interest for 't; his land's put to their books.
Well, would I were gently put out of office
Before I were forced out!
Happier is he that has no friend to feed
Than such that do e'en enemies exceed.
I bleed inwardly for my lord.
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7 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 2] |
Timon |
579 |
You may take my word, my lord; I know, no man
Can justly praise but what he does affect:
I weigh my friend's affection with mine own;
I'll tell you true. I'll call to you.
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8 |
Timon of Athens
[II, 2] |
Flavius |
668 |
No care, no stop! so senseless of expense,
That he will neither know how to maintain it,
Nor cease his flow of riot: takes no account
How things go from him, nor resumes no care
Of what is to continue: never mind
Was to be so unwise, to be so kind.
What shall be done? he will not hear, till feel:
I must be round with him, now he comes from hunting.
Fie, fie, fie, fie!
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9 |
Timon of Athens
[II, 2] |
Caphis |
706 |
If you did know, my lord, my master's wants—
And I am sent expressly to your lordship.
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10 |
Timon of Athens
[II, 2] |
Apemantus |
748 |
That you ask me what you are, and do not know
yourselves. Speak to 'em, fool.
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11 |
Timon of Athens
[II, 2] |
Page |
761 |
Prithee, Apemantus, read me the superscription of
these letters: I know not which is which.
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12 |
Timon of Athens
[II, 2] |
Flavius |
900 |
They answer, in a joint and corporate voice,
That now they are at fall, want treasure, cannot
Do what they would; are sorry—you are honourable,—
But yet they could have wish'd—they know not—
Something hath been amiss—a noble nature
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.
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13 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 2] |
First Stranger |
1014 |
We know him for no less, though we are but strangers
to him. But I can tell you one thing, my lord, and
which I hear from common rumours: now Lord Timon's
happy hours are done and past, and his estate
shrinks from him.
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14 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 2] |
Lucilius |
1048 |
I know his lordship is but merry with me;
He cannot want fifty five hundred talents.
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15 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 3] |
Sempronius |
1116 |
How! have they denied him?
Has Ventidius and Lucullus denied him?
And does he send to me? Three? hum!
It shows but little love or judgment in him:
Must I be his last refuge! His friends, like
physicians,
Thrive, give him over: must I take the cure upon me?
Has much disgraced me in't; I'm angry at him,
That might have known my place: I see no sense for't,
But his occasion might have woo'd me first;
For, in my conscience, I was the first man
That e'er received gift from him:
And does he think so backwardly of me now,
That I'll requite its last? No:
So it may prove an argument of laughter
To the rest, and 'mongst lords I be thought a fool.
I'ld rather than the worth of thrice the sum,
Had sent to me first, but for my mind's sake;
I'd such a courage to do him good. But now return,
And with their faint reply this answer join;
Who bates mine honour shall not know my coin.
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16 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 4] |
Hortensius |
1193 |
I'm weary of this charge, the gods can witness:
I know my lord hath spent of Timon's wealth,
And now ingratitude makes it worse than stealth.
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17 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 4] |
Titus |
1243 |
O, here's Servilius; now we shall know some answer.
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18 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 5] |
Alcibiades |
1386 |
Hard fate! he might have died in war.
My lords, if not for any parts in him—
Though his right arm might purchase his own time
And be in debt to none—yet, more to move you,
Take my deserts to his, and join 'em both:
And, for I know your reverend ages love
Security, I'll pawn my victories, all
My honours to you, upon his good returns.
If by this crime he owes the law his life,
Why, let the war receive 't in valiant gore
For law is strict, and war is nothing more.
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19 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 5] |
Alcibiades |
1400 |
Must it be so? it must not be. My lords,
I do beseech you, know me.
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20 |
Timon of Athens
[III, 6] |
Some Others |
1525 |
I know not.
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