Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

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Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

Tidings do I bring, and lucky joys, And golden times, and happy news of price

Tidings do I bring, and lucky joys, And golden times, and happy news of price

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk...

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...