And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

Our foster-nurse of nature is repose

Our foster-nurse of nature is repose

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow...

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

To saucy doubts and fears.

To saucy doubts and fears.

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

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

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

When the age is in, the wit is out.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name

By that sin fell the angels.

By that sin fell the angels.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

My resolution's placed, and I have nothing Of woman in me; now from head to...

My resolution's placed, and I have nothing Of woman in me; now from head to...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...