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

Quote by Shakespeare

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The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Let no such man be trusted.

Let no such man be trusted.

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...

Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's...

Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's...

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

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

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

Time is the stuff between pay days

Time is the stuff between pay days

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.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

I will praise any man that will praise me.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Journeys end in lovers' meeting; every wise man's son doth know

Journeys end in lovers' meeting; every wise man's son doth know

Concerning God, free will and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may...

Concerning God, free will and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may...

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't,...

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't,...

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.