William Shakespeare ( 10 of 1881 )
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow.
My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow.
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
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A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; read more
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, his acts being seven ages.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Boundless intemperance
In nature is a tyranny. It hath been
Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne
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Boundless intemperance
In nature is a tyranny. It hath been
Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne
And fall of many kings.
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
