As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to ha…

William Shakespeare
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As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not (5.3.25-28). ✨ 'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 3, l. 22
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