All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one.

Quote by Shakespeare

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How well he's read, to reason against reading!

How well he's read, to reason against reading!

Time is the stuff between pay days

Time is the stuff between pay days

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let...

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let...

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...

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

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

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

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

To saucy doubts and fears.

To saucy doubts and fears.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one... Then she loves but me...

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one... Then she loves but me...

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.