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Brutus, Lines 18b-27
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Act 4,
Scene 2
Lines 18b-27

Brutus performs a speech from Act 4, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Julius Caesar. 

Brutus

                                        Thou hast described
A hot friend cooling. Ever note, Lucilius,
When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforcèd ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle;
[Low marching music offstage.]
But when they should endure the bloody spur,
They fall their crests, and like deceitful jades
Sink in the trial. Comes his army on?