Clo. No, sir, the worse.
Duke. How can that be?
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Clo. Marry, sir, they praise me and make an ass of
me; now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass: so that by
my foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself; and by
my friends I am abused: so [that, conclusions] to be as kisses,
if your four negatives make your two affirmatives, why then,
the worse [for my friends], and the better for my foes.
Duke. Why, this is excellent.