William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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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.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
