William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
