Page 3161 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3
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To thine own lips again.



              ALCIBIADES
               How came the noble Timon to this change?



              TIMON
               As the moon does, by wanting light to give.
               But then renew I could not like the moon;
               There were no suns to borrow of. [70]



              ALCIBIADES
               Noble Timon, what friendship may I do thee?




              TIMON
               None, but to maintain my opinion.



              ALCIBIADES
               What is it, Timon?



              TIMON
          Promise me friendship, but perform none. If thou wilt not promise, the gods
          plague thee, for thou art [75] a man! If thou dost perform, confound thee, for
          thou art a man!



              ALCIBIADES

               I have heard in some sort of thy miseries.


              TIMON

               Thou saw’st them when I had prosperity.



              ALCIBIADES
               I see them now; then was a blessed time. [80]



              TIMON
               As thine is now, held with a brace of harlots.



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