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William Shakespeare
Woe to the...
Woe to the land that's govern'd by a child!
Source: Richard III, II:3
-- William...
Conscience is but...
Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe.
I have set...
I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.
Source:...
An honest tale...
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Source: Richard III, IV. iv....
Our stern alarums...
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings;
Our dreadful marches to delightful...
Since every Jack...
Since every Jack became a gentleman
There's many a gentle person made a Jack.
I have not...
I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
True hope is...
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures...
And thus I...
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I...
I do not...
I do not know that Englishman alive
With whom my soul is any jot at odds
More than the infant that is born...
No profit grows...
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
Frame your mind...
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
There's small choice...
There's small choice in rotten apples.
Source: The Taming of the Shrew, I. i....
Fie, fie! unknit...
Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow,
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes,
To wound thy lord,...
Do as adversaries...
Do as adversaries in law, strive mightily, But eat and drink as friends.
Source:...
This is the...
This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.
Source: The Taming of the Shrew, IV....
Our purses shall...
Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich . ....
And as the...
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest...
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...
He that is...
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
Source: The Widow, in The Taming of...