A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter...

Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter...

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the...

To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the...

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Time is the stuff between pay days

Time is the stuff between pay days

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

O, had I but followed the arts!

O, had I but followed the arts!

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...