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Nice philosophy
May tolerate unlikely arguments,
But heaven admits no jest.
Busy opinion is an idle fool.
Source: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 1, sc. 1,...
Why, I hold fate
Clasped in my fist, and could command the course
Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou...
Whilst we strive
To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.
Source: The...
Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee.
Source: The Broken...
Children blessings seem, but torments are;
When young, our folly, and when old our...
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by...
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers,
That labour to o'ercome the cloud that loads...
Honest men
are the soft easy cushions on which knaves
Repose and fatten.
Make no sound, do not speak: eyes, heart, mind dreams are about to explore a forest . . . . A secret but tangible...
Young man, how many loves have you? I have hardly any, cousin, for they are only seven: the first, who cuts my...
The daughter had come to meet me
When her parents tried to prevent it.
I spoke soft words to her.
She did not...
One day some young poet
will make your impossible wish come true
by knowing your books,
books as rare as...
I gave the ripe fruit to the Cherished One and the one-so-beautiful-as-to-bring happiness to the Beloved. But I...
A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.
Source: Phoenix, act 1, sc....
Have you summoned your wits from woolgathering?
Source: The Family of Love, act 5,...
Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
Source: The Family of...
This was a good week's labor.
Source: Anything for a Quiet Life, act 5, sc....
There's no hate lost between us.
Source: The Witch, act 4, sc. 3, 1627.
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