This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second stood heir to the first.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I have a bone to pick with Fate

We cannot all be masters

We cannot all be masters

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire

Love is a spirit all compact of fire

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Thou art sure of me:--go, make money

Thou art sure of me:--go, make money

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning,...

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning,...

Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working .

Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working .

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...