Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest

Quote by Shakespeare

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This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

All lovers swear more performance than they are able

All lovers swear more performance than they are able

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Death is a fearful thing

Death is a fearful thing

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

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

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

Joy delights in Joy

Joy delights in Joy

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men.

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men.

What is past is prologue.

What is past is prologue.

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind...

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind...

For I can raise no money by vile means.

For I can raise no money by vile means.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

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

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