Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Quote by Shakespeare

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This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

I will praise any man that will praise me.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks

This is very midsummer madness

This is very midsummer madness

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...

Death is a fearful thing

Death is a fearful thing

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.

Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

Some true love turned and not a false turned true.

Some true love turned and not a false turned true.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have...

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have...