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

Quote by Shakespeare

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Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright

Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright

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...

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid...

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid...

Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for...

Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for...

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,...

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,...

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay...

The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay...

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

For where is any author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?...

For where is any author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?...

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I have a bone to pick with Fate

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...

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake