What pity 'tis, one that can ...

What pity \'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!
What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!
 Philip Massinger

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Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.
 Philip Massinger
Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.
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This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
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