William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
'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.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
