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You have done well by water

Enobarbus
You have done well by water.
Menas
And you by land.
Enobarbus
I will praise any man that will praise me,
though it cannot be denied what I have done by land.
Menas
Nor what I have done by water.
Enobarbus
Yes, something you can deny for your own
safety: you have been a great thief by sea.
Menas
And you by land.
Enobarbus
There I deny my land service. But give me
your hand, Menas.  They clasp hands.  If our eyes
had authority, here they might take two thieves kissing.
Menas
All men's faces are true, whatsome'er their
hands are.
Enobarbus
But there is never a fair woman has a true face.
Menas
No slander. They steal hearts.

Source:
Act 2
Scene 6
Line 113

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