Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?

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But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their...

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

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.

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept

The better part of valour is discretion.

The better part of valour is discretion.

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

Fight till the last gasp.

Fight till the last gasp.

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Speak of the devil and he appears

Speak of the devil and he appears

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...