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Faith

Thus answer I in name of Benedick

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Claudio, unmasking
Thus answer I in name of Benedick,
But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio.
’Tis certain so. The Prince woos for himself.

Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love.
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Act 2
Scene 1
Line 170

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Appearance and Deception

Bardolph, be blithe

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Pistol
Bardolph,
be blithe.—Nym, rouse thy vaunting veins.— Boy,
bristle thy courage up. For Falstaff, he is dead, and
we must earn therefore.
Bardolph
Would I were with him, wheresome’er he
is, either in heaven or in hell.

Trust none, for oaths are straws,
men’s faiths are wafer-cakes

Hostess
Nay,
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Act 2
Scene 3
Line 3

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Hear me a little, For I have only silent been so long

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Hear me a little,
For I have only silent been so long,Hyperbaton
And given way unto this course of fortune,
By noting of the lady. I have marked
A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness beat away those blushes,
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Act 4
Scene 1
Line 164

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