I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.

Quote by Shakespeare

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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...

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

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...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

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.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

Your tale sir, would cure deafness

Your tale sir, would cure deafness

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one... Then she loves but me...

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one... Then she loves but me...

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

In a false quarrel there is no true valour.

In a false quarrel there is no true valour.

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.