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William Shakespeare: This above all:...

William Shakespeare: This above all:...

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to...

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William Shakespeare: When workmen strive...

William Shakespeare: When workmen strive...

When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in...

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William Shakespeare: Unthread the bold...

William Shakespeare: Unthread the bold...

Unthread the bold eye of rebellion,
And welcome home again discarded faith.


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William Shakespeare: O judgment! thou...

William Shakespeare: O judgment! thou...

O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.


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William Shakespeare: O! Let me...

William Shakespeare: O! Let me...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
Keep me in temper; I would not be mad.


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William Shakespeare: Hereafter in a...

William Shakespeare: Hereafter in a...

Hereafter in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.


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William Shakespeare: I earn that...

William Shakespeare: I earn that...

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with...

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William Shakespeare: They say best...

William Shakespeare: They say best...

They say best men are moulded out of faults,
And for the most, become much more the better
For being a little...

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William Shakespeare: To mourn a...

William Shakespeare: To mourn a...

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone,
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.


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William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich . ....

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William Shakespeare: He took the...

William Shakespeare: He took the...

He took the bride about the neck
And kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack
That at the parting all the...

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William Shakespeare: That she belov'd...

William Shakespeare: That she belov'd...

That she belov'd knows nought that knows not this: Men prize the thing ungain'd more than it...

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William Shakespeare: Perseverance, dear my...

William Shakespeare: Perseverance, dear my...

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

It is easy -- terribly easy -- to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit...

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George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Source: Man and Superman,...

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George Bernard Shaw: The joy in...

George Bernard Shaw: The joy in...

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

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George Bernard Shaw: Peace is not...

George Bernard Shaw: Peace is not...

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Source: Heartbreak...

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George Bernard Shaw: The true joy...

George Bernard Shaw: The true joy...

The true joy of life [is] being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... being thoroughly worn...

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George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered...

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William Wordsworth: More skilful in...

William Wordsworth: More skilful in...

More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to...

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