Expectation is the root of all heartache.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I...

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I...

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

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.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

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.

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.