It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and it takes him off.

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So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Action is eloquence.

Action is eloquence.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their...

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men's vows are women's traitors!

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.

I will look on the stars and look on thee and read the page of...

I will look on the stars and look on thee and read the page of...

Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological,...

Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological,...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...