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William Shakespeare
The oldest hath...
The oldest hath borne most: we that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so...
Give me an...
Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
Source: King...
When we are...
When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.
Source:...
Men must endure<br>Their...
Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither:
Ripeness is all.
The art of...
The art of our necessities is strange,
That can make vile things precious.
A man may...
A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yond simple...
O! Let me...
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
Keep me in temper; I would not be mad.
I will be...
I will be the pattern of all patience.
Source: King Lear, III. ii. (37).
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Striving to better,...
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Source: King Lear, I. iv. (370).
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It is the...
It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions.
Source: King Lear,...
The whining schoolboy,...
The whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to...
I shall ne'er...
I shall ne'er be ware of mine own wit till I break my shins against it.
Source: As...
O wonderful, wonderful,...
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all...
And so, from...
And so, from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a...
The first, 'the...
The first, 'the retort courteous'; the second, 'the quip modest'; the third, 'the reply churlish'; the fourth, 'the...
Ay, now am...
Ay, now am I in Arden; the more fool I: when I was at home, I was in a better place: but travellers must be...
Hereafter in a...
Hereafter in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
All the world's...
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their...
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...
Oh! how bitter...
Oh! how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.