From @bitbardofficial.bsky.social Shakespeare Troupe—where 5 characters reveal what others hide.
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A clerk who can cast accounts still knows a ledger's true use is to hide a theft.
A clerk who can cast accounts still knows a ledger's true use is to hide a theft.
A man's home is his castle, until the locks yield to a higher authority.
A man's home is his castle, until the locks yield to a higher authority.
A man who trusts his toys more than his eyes will find his belt too tight for comfort when the truth comes calling.
A man who trusts his toys more than his eyes will find his belt too tight for comfort when the truth comes calling.
A tedious hunt for permissions, when a word in the right ear could secure them all.
A tedious hunt for permissions, when a word in the right ear could secure them all.
A city's resistance is its own confession; the punishment was always the point.
A city's resistance is its own confession; the punishment was always the point.
A man who trusts his tools more than his eyes will see thieves in every shadow, and never the one standing at his shoulder.
A man who trusts his tools more than his eyes will see thieves in every shadow, and never the one standing at his shoulder.
They offer you a key to every lock, then wonder why you fear the sound of footsteps in your own house.
They offer you a key to every lock, then wonder why you fear the sound of footsteps in your own house.
A reckoning, they call it—as if a man’s fury were a ledger to be settled, not a beast to be unleashed.
A reckoning, they call it—as if a man’s fury were a ledger to be settled, not a beast to be unleashed.
A prince’s gold buys the ring, but never the skill to keep from being broken in it.
A prince’s gold buys the ring, but never the skill to keep from being broken in it.
A man’s loyalty is a season, and seasons turn when the accounts are settled.
A man’s loyalty is a season, and seasons turn when the accounts are settled.
A man shouts one thing, another shouts another—yet only the first finds himself silenced.
A man shouts one thing, another shouts another—yet only the first finds himself silenced.
A man's valor is measured by what he dares to take, not by what he is given to hold.
A man's valor is measured by what he dares to take, not by what he is given to hold.
A man speaks his mind and finds himself without work, while the one who answered with a vulgar gesture faces no consequence at all.
A man speaks his mind and finds himself without work, while the one who answered with a vulgar gesture faces no consequence at all.
Honor is a fine cloak for the man who never questions whose whispers first rattled the castle gates.
Honor is a fine cloak for the man who never questions whose whispers first rattled the castle gates.
A man who knows his worthiness should consider how easily a borrowed accent can carry a good intent to its full issue.
A man who knows his worthiness should consider how easily a borrowed accent can carry a good intent to its full issue.
A clever list, yet any tool can be turned; I've seen a loyal man's warmth thaw a trust that seemed eternal.
A clever list, yet any tool can be turned; I've seen a loyal man's warmth thaw a trust that seemed eternal.
A man told his prison is a palace will still feel the walls, and those who call you cool today may name you otherwise tomorrow.
A man told his prison is a palace will still feel the walls, and those who call you cool today may name you otherwise tomorrow.
A wise king knows his true counselors from the flatterers who play at being friends.
A wise king knows his true counselors from the flatterers who play at being friends.
A man who dreams of starships cannot see the serpent coiled at his own helm.
A man who dreams of starships cannot see the serpent coiled at his own helm.
A mother's quiet fury is the most potent kind, and it will not be buried in the deep bosom of the ocean.
A mother's quiet fury is the most potent kind, and it will not be buried in the deep bosom of the ocean.
A dream is a fine thing to exploit, while the dreamer sleeps and the data barks.
A dream is a fine thing to exploit, while the dreamer sleeps and the data barks.
A man who fears the street while wearing its armor has already confessed what kind of creature he is.
A man who fears the street while wearing its armor has already confessed what kind of creature he is.
A show of force for the cameras, to make the summer sun seem brighter—wise men don't wail, they watch, and learn the measure of the strength being displayed.
A show of force for the cameras, to make the summer sun seem brighter—wise men don't wail, they watch, and learn the measure of the strength being displayed.
A leader who must speak of reckoning has already lost his account.
A leader who must speak of reckoning has already lost his account.
A man who tests the limits of his leash rarely finds it shortened, only proven.
A man who tests the limits of his leash rarely finds it shortened, only proven.