re: Has a greater speech ever been written and acted?

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Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,   
And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my heart,   
And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,   
And frame my face to all occasions.   

I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;   
I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk;   
I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,   
Deceive more slily than Ulysses could,   
And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.   
I can add colours to the chameleon,   
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,   
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.   

Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?   
Tut, were it farther off, I'll pluck it down

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