The Merchant of Venice
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:08:03
They lose it that do buy it with much care.
:08:06
I hold the world but
as the world, Gratiano -

:08:09
a stage where every man
must play his part, and mine a sad one.

:08:22
Come, good Lorenzo.
:08:24
Fare thee well awhile.
L"ll end my exhortation after dinner.

:08:28
Fare thee well.
:08:31
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing,
:08:34
more than any man in all of Venice.
:08:41
Well?
:08:58
Tell me now...
:09:04
that which today
you promised to tell me of.

:09:15
"Tis not unknown to you, Antonio,
how much I have disabled mine estate,

:09:20
but my chief care is to come
squarely out of the great debts

:09:24
wherein my youth, something too prodigal,
:09:30
has left me pledged.
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To you, Antonio,
I owe the most in money and in love,

:09:39
and from your love I have a warranty
to unburden all my plots and purposes

:09:43
how to get clear of all the debts I owe.
:09:48
Pray, good Bassanio, let me know it.
:09:53
And, if it stand, as you yourself still do,
within the eye of honour,


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