William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
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.
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.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
