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?

Quote by Shakespeare

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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

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

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

Set honor in one eye and death i' the other And I will look on...

Set honor in one eye and death i' the other And I will look on...

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the...

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the...

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let...

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his...

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his...

How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face

How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face

There's place and means for every man alive.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

In delay there lies no plenty.

In delay there lies no plenty.

He is the half part of a blessed man, left to be finished by such...

He is the half part of a blessed man, left to be finished by such...

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the...

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the...

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.