William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
