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False Love

Goneril, Our eldest born, speak first

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King Lear
Goneril,
Our eldest born, speak first.
Goneril
Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter,
Dearer than eyesight, space, and liberty,
Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare,
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honor;
As much as child e’er loved, or father found;
A love that makes breath poor,
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Act 1
Scene 1
Line 58

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Never talk to me. I will weep.

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Rosalind
Never talk to me. I will weep.
Celia
Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider
that tears do not become a man.
Rosalind
But have I not cause to weep?
Celia
As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.
Rosalind
His very hair is of the dissembling color.
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Act 3
Scene 4
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