William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
