Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Quote by Shakespeare

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I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

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...

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

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...

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

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

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

Farewell, fair cruelty.

Farewell, fair cruelty.

What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in...

What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

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.

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured...

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured...

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent

Love is supposed to start with bells ringing and go downhill from there. But it...

Love is supposed to start with bells ringing and go downhill from there. But it...

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.