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

Quote by Shakespeare

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Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

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...

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love is like linen; often changed, the sweeter.

Love is like linen; often changed, the sweeter.

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

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

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...