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PLAY: Julius Caesar ACT/SCENE: 4.3 SPEAKER: Cassius CONTEXT: CASSIUS
I denied you not.
BRUTUS
You did.
CASSIUS
I did not. He was but a fool that brought
My answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart.
A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
BRUTUS
I do not, till you practice them on me. DUTCH: k Deed het niet; het was een dwaas,
Die u bescheid bracht. Brutus klooft mij ‘t hart;
Een vriend verdraagt de zwakken van zijn vriend;
Brutus vergroot de mijne bovenmate.
MORE: Rived=Split
Bear=Endure, tolerate
Infirmities=Character flaws
Compleat:
Riven=Gescheurd, gebarsten
To bear=Draagen, verdraagen, voeren Topics: friendship, flaw/fault

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