Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

Quote by Shakespeare

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If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow...

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow...

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it...

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it...

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...

Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his...

Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his...

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...

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads...

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Your pinky may be the smallest finger but it's capable of holding the biggest secrets.

Your pinky may be the smallest finger but it's capable of holding the biggest secrets.