Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Quote by Shakespeare

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There is no darkness but ignorance.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for...

Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for...

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon...

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon...

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire

Love is a spirit all compact of fire

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

The venom clamors of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.

The venom clamors of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.