William Shakespeare

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault
Assemble all the poor men of your sort;
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Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault
Assemble all the poor men of your sort;
Draw them to the Tiber banks, and weep your tears
Into the channel, till the lowest stream
Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. read more

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

So on the tip of his subduing tongue
All kinds of arguments and question deep,
All replication read more

So on the tip of his subduing tongue
All kinds of arguments and question deep,
All replication prompt and reason strong,
For his advantage still did wake and sleep.
To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep,
He had the dialect and different skill,
Catching all passions in his craft of will; . . .