William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
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.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
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I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
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.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.