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A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch,
A living-dead man.

      — The Comedy of Errors, Act V Scene 1

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All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 2]

Diana

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'Tis not the many oaths that makes the truth,
But the plain single vow that is vow'd true.
What is not holy, that we swear not by,
But take the High'st to witness: then, pray you, tell me,
If I should swear by God's great attributes,
I loved you dearly, would you believe my oaths,
When I did love you ill? This has no holding,
To swear by him whom I protest to love,
That I will work against him: therefore your oaths
Are words and poor conditions, but unseal'd,
At least in my opinion.

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