Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

Quote by Shakespeare

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I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

Drink some wine ere you go: fare you well.

Drink some wine ere you go: fare you well.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Season's Greetings and best wishes for the New Year.

Season's Greetings and best wishes for the New Year.

O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their...

O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their...

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...

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

Tempt not a desperate man.

Tempt not a desperate man.

There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.

There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.

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...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us...

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us...