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

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Beauty itself doth of itself persuade, The eyes of men without an orator.

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade, The eyes of men without an orator.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

A ministering angel shall my sister be.

A ministering angel shall my sister be.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

We that are true lovers run into strange capers.

We that are true lovers run into strange capers.

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...

Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak

Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

The wheel is come full circle.

The wheel is come full circle.

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Death is a fearful thing

Death is a fearful thing

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...