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It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts to show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.

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Suggest Revision: It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts to show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
 

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