How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

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How well he's read, to reason against reading!

How well he's read, to reason against reading!

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

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...

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

Though this be madness, yet there is method

Though this be madness, yet there is method

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he...

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

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...

My revenue is the silly cheat

My revenue is the silly cheat

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

If music be the food of love, play on.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

A heart in love with beauty never grows old.

A heart in love with beauty never grows old.