Maxioms by William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.
Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.