William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (born April 1564, traditionally celebrated on 23 April; baptised 1564-04-26; died 1616-05-03 ) was an English playwright and poet.
Found 286 thoughts of William Shakespeare
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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I am not worthy of the wealth I owe, nor dare I say 'tis mine, and yet it is; but, like a timorous thief, most fain would steal what law does vouch mine own.
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Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere 'Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none.
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As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next.
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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
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And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
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Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.
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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
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For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
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Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.
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