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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Journeys end in lovers' meeting; every wise man's son doth know

Journeys end in lovers' meeting; every wise man's son doth know

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

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...

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.

Love and reason keep little company together

Love and reason keep little company together

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

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

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

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

He that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends.

He that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

To lie about a far country is easy

To lie about a far country is easy

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where...

Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where...