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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: For aught that...

William Shakespeare: For aught that...

For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run...

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William Shakespeare: Over hill, over...

William Shakespeare: Over hill, over...

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough...

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William Shakespeare: Suit the action...

William Shakespeare: Suit the action...

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Source: Hamlet, III:2
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William Shakespeare: How oft the...

William Shakespeare: How oft the...

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


Source: King...

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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! that a...

William Shakespeare: O! that a...

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


Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Men must endure<br>Their...

William Shakespeare: Men must endure
Their...

Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither:
Ripeness is all.


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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: I shall ne'er...

William Shakespeare: I shall ne'er...

I shall ne'er be ware of mine own wit till I break my shins against it.

Source: As...

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William Shakespeare: The first, 'the...

William Shakespeare: The first, 'the...

The first, 'the retort courteous'; the second, 'the quip modest'; the third, 'the reply churlish'; the fourth, 'the...

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William Shakespeare: Virtue is bold,...

William Shakespeare: Virtue is bold,...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Source: Measure for Measure, III. i....

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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: I count myself...

William Shakespeare: I count myself...

I count myself in nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends.


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William Shakespeare: Since every Jack...

William Shakespeare: Since every Jack...

Since every Jack became a gentleman
There's many a gentle person made a Jack.


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William Shakespeare: Frame your mind...

William Shakespeare: Frame your mind...

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.


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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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George Bernard Shaw: A gentleman is...

George Bernard Shaw: A gentleman is...

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

Source: In The...

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George Bernard Shaw: A miracle is...

George Bernard Shaw: A miracle is...

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. . . . Frauds deceive. An event...

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George Bernard Shaw: A man of...

George Bernard Shaw: A man of...

A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.

Source: Quoted in: Hesketh...

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