Quotations about Running

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William Shakespeare

Life is as...

Life is as...

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.


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Zounds! I was...

Zounds! I was...

Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words
Since I first called my brother's father...

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How oft the...

How oft the...

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!


Source: King...

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When workmen strive...

When workmen strive...

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

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Bell, book and...

Bell, book and...

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.


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When Fortune means...

When Fortune means...

When Fortune means to men most good,
She looks upon them with a threatening eye.


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Unthread the bold...

Unthread the bold...

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


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That smooth-fac'd gentleman,...

That smooth-fac'd gentleman,...

That smooth-fac'd gentleman, tickling Commodity,
Commodity, the bias of the world.


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To gild refin?d...

To gild refin?d...

To gild refin?d gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another...

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For new-made honour...

For new-made honour...

For new-made honour doth forget men's names.

Source: King John, I. i. (87).
--...

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He reads much;<br>He...

He reads much;<br>He...

He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men.


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O judgment! thou...

O judgment! thou...

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


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For my own...

For my own...

For my own part, it was Greek to me.

Source: Julius Caesar, I. i. (288).
--...

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A friend should...

A friend should...

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they...

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Friends, Romans, countrymen,...

Friends, Romans, countrymen,...

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do...

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That lowliness is...

That lowliness is...

That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains...

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Ambition should be...

Ambition should be...

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Source: Julius Caesar, III. ii....

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O! that a...

O! that a...

O! that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come.


Source:...

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As he was...

As he was...

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

Source:...

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But when I...

But when I...

But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.


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