William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet
Lived from: 1564 - 1616
Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
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That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
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That what we have, we prize not to the worth
whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost,
why, than we rack the value.Much ado about nothing (1598)― William Shakespeare -
That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
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That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
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That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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That, if then I had waked after a long sleep, will make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming, the clouds me thought would open and show riches ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked I cried to dream again.
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The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
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The apparel oft proclaims the man.
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The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
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The best safety lies in fear.
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The better part of valour is discretion.
Henry IV 1, V, 4― William Shakespeare -
The course of true love never did run smooth.
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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The merchant of Venice (1597)― William Shakespeare -
The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek.
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The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape.
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The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
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The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
Julius Caesar 3, 2― William Shakespeare -
The first thing we do, lets kill the lawyers.
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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
As you like it― William Shakespeare
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