Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes. Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving…

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To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.

To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Speak low, if you speak love.

Speak low, if you speak love.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

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

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

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the...

To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the...

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

My library was dukedom large enough.

My library was dukedom large enough.

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I have a bone to pick with Fate

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...