Suspect Fawning

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For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing which is flatter’d, but a spark,
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;

… He flatters you, makes war upon your life.

–Pericles,
Act I, Scene ii

Greed

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The great ones eat up the
little ones: I can compare our rich misers to
nothing so fitly as to a whale; a’ plays and
tumbles, driving the poor fry before him, and at
last devours them all at a mouthful: such whales
have I heard on o’ the land, who never leave gaping
till they’ve swallowed the whole parish, church,
steeple, bells, and all.

––Pericles,
Act II, Scene 1

Pretense Protection

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Few love to hear the sins they love to act…
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He’s more secure to keep it shut than shown.

-Pericles,
Act I, Scene i

Facade

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Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

–Pericles,
Act I, Scene iv