Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

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Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

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

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

Death is a fearful thing

Death is a fearful thing

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

God be prais'd, that to believing souls, Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair

God be prais'd, that to believing souls, Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair

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...

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

A light heart lives long

A light heart lives long

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a...

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a...