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0feae5b I will make thee think thy swan a crow. William Shakespeare
ce5456f Why, i' faith, methinks she's too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she William Shakespeare
d6d62ac Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Scorn and derision never come in tears: Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born, In their nativity all truth appears. How can these things in me seem scorn to you, Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true? romance unrequited-love William Shakespeare
2c964dc I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere defects prove our commodities. William Shakespeare
57b53f5 O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! William Shakespeare
df75a5a Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature. William Shakespeare
ae3eb26 Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? ...If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? William Shakespeare
5966264 My hands are of your colour; but I shame To wear a heart so white. murder lady-macbeth innocence shame macbeth William Shakespeare
25639a9 He that commends me to mine own content Commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop, Who, falling there to find his fellow forth, Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself: So I, to find a mother and a brother, In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself. unity identity division William Shakespeare
0bf5031 One sees more devils than vast hell can hold William Shakespeare
44f0d88 All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. William Shakespeare
bedb98b Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. love claudio friendship-and-love comedy play William Shakespeare
5c5eed9 He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both. kindness meekness graciousness humility William Shakespeare
5795b37 In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage. war William Shakespeare
5dc5ad2 I drink to the general joy o' the whole table." Macbeth" shakespeare joy life toast party William Shakespeare
ecf5d41 For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: death julius-caesar William Shakespeare
6e3b6be Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed. shakespeare foul-words much-ado-about-nothing William Shakespeare
d514d3e Screw your courage to the sticking-place fear William Shakespeare
d515c1d LUCIUS. Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds? AARON. Ay, that I had not done a thousand more. Even now I curse the day- and yet, I think, Few come within the compass of my curse- Wherein I did not some notorious ill; As kill a man, or else devise his death; Ravish a maid, or plot the way to do it; Accuse some innocent, and forswear myself; Set deadly enmity between two friends; Make poor men's cattle break their necks; Set fire on bar.. William Shakespeare
03f201b Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be! mankind William Shakespeare
9fade1d He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him. William Shakespeare
57d1f4e But she makes hungry Where she most satisfies... William Shakespeare
b62e63f Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whilst, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own read. William Shakespeare
434db7f O, then, what graces in my love do dwell, That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell! William Shakespeare
40c3100 O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet. capulet romeo juliet William Shakespeare
8591c61 death, The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, William Shakespeare
0e3af1c Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: 'Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more,--Macbeth shall sleep no more! William Shakespeare
e69b79b If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!' The jaws of darkness do devour it up; So quick bright things come to confusion. pain sorrow love William Shakespeare
52cc29f No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth, Let's choose executors and talk of wills: And yet not so, for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste a.. William Shakespeare
505db92 Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety." Antony and Cleopatra (II.ii) ~William Shakespeare" William Shakespeare
0da4106 Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues." [Stage direction, ]" wagging-tongues rumor public-opinion libel reputation tongues slander gossip William Shakespeare
a93fbdb Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. William Shakespeare
4aaeddb I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish. William Shakespeare
6f6627e Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them? science William Shakespeare
98a5683 But Kate, dost thou understand thus much English? Canst thou love me?" Catherine: "I cannot tell." Henry: "Can any of your neighbours tell, Kate? I'll ask them." shakespeare William Shakespeare
f2a7095 Love comforeth like sunshine after rain, But Lust's effect is tempest after sun. Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain; Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done. Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies; Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. William Shakespeare
4578f1c You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! insult senselessness William Shakespeare
417f837 In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note; But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise, Who in despite of view is pleased to dote; Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted, Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited To any sensual feast* with thee alone*: But my five wits* nor my five senses can Dissuade one foolish heart from serving.. William Shakespeare
3c9446a Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone. virtue ice forgiveness sin William Shakespeare
97a4a27 What's his offense? Groping for trout in a peculiar river. William Shakespeare
9988145 If love be rough with you, be rough with love; Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down. Give me a case to put my visage in: A visor for a visor! what care I What curious eye doth quote deformities? Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me. William Shakespeare
2af923c The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children. William Shakespeare
dccf0d0 Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. marriage self-determination independence empowerment happiness love marriage-proposal matrimony dignity courtship husbands wooing pleasure William Shakespeare
68ecd40 How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music William Shakespeare