Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many,But yet she never gave enough to any.
Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocenceWith vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?
Et tu Brute! Then fall, Cæsar!
This principle is old, but true as fate,Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.
Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;Successful crimes alone are justified.
Tellest thou me of "ifs"? Thou art a traitor:Off with his head!
For while the treason I detest,The traitor still I love.
To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master,And cried "all hail!" whereas he meant all harm.
He [Cæsar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.
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