William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
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?
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
