Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

Quote by Shakespeare

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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

There is a history in all men's lives.

There is a history in all men's lives.

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in a holiday humor, and like...

Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in a holiday humor, and like...

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

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...

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

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

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits...

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits...

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.