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William Shakespeare: O, had I...

William Shakespeare: O, had I...

O, had I but followed the arts!

Source: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in Twelfth Night, act...

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William Shakespeare: Celerity is never...

William Shakespeare: Celerity is never...

Celerity is never more admir'd
Than by the negligent.


Source: Antony and...

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William Shakespeare: Doth not the...

William Shakespeare: Doth not the...

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his...

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William Shakespeare: I am not...

William Shakespeare: I am not...

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee like a sow that hath...

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William Shakespeare: But now behold,<br>In...

William Shakespeare: But now behold,
In...

But now behold,
In the quick forge and working-house of thought.


Source: Henry...

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William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

Every subject's duty is the king's: but every subject's soul is his own.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Had I but...

William Shakespeare: Had I but...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my King, He would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine...

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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: 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: I will be...

William Shakespeare: I will be...

I will be the pattern of all patience.

Source: King Lear, III. ii. (37).
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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: Conscience is but...

William Shakespeare: Conscience is but...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe.


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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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