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"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, / Romeo? / Deny thy father, and refuse thy name..."
"This above all; to thine own self be true."
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."
"Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." , Measure for Measure
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in
your philosophy." , "Hamlet"
"Cowards die many times before their
deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."
, "Julius Caesar, Act II, Sc. 2, line 32."
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." , "Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2"
"The fashion wears out more apparel than the man." , Much Ado about Nothing, 1598
"Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee Hal, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked." , King Henry IV
"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety: other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies."
, Antony and Cleopatra
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy..." , Hamlet
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."
, As You Like It
"He was my friend, faithful, and just to
me; But Brutus says, he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general
coffers fill.
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.
Ambition should me made of sterner stuff, Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honorable man." , Julius Caesar
"But then I sigh, and with a piece of
scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ,
And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil." , King Richard III
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us.
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,
That I will speak to thee."
, Hamlet
"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport." , King Lear
"To die, to sleep --
To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause; there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life."
, Hamlet
