William Shakespeare Quotes
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Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
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You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.
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Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
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Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
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Can we outrun the heavens?
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Haply a woman's voice may do some good When articles too nicely urged be stood on.
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Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
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The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
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RUMOUR: "Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.
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So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate.
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'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
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I heard a bustling rumor like a fray, And the wind blows it from the Capitol.
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And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see your shadow.
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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.
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Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts.
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O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven
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But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.
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Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.
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So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
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Remuneration! O! That's the Latin word for three farthings
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Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars That make ambition virtue.
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Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.
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I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me
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Plutus himself, That knows the tinct and multiplying med'cine, Hath not in nature's mystery more science Than I have in this ring.