❝ Monologues · 5 lines · C2

They praise me and make an ass of me.

Feste on enemies and friends · Twelfth Night (2012)

 

They praise me and make an ass of me.

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Now, my foes tell me plainly I am an ass.

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Why it's worth practising

Feste builds a topsy-turvy argument that flattery harms and honesty helps, then leaves it hanging.

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