William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
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!
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
