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Romeo actually says: "There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell."

Romeo isn't selling the apothecary poison: he's giving him gold which is worse than poison. It's a pretty good line, actually.

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