Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

But like of each thing that in season grows.

But like of each thing that in season grows.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured...

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured...

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

I am ill at these numbers

I am ill at these numbers

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards...

If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards...

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.