The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept

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Why this is very midsummer madness.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

Past and to come seems best; things present worst

Past and to come seems best; things present worst

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...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

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...

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

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

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

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

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet...

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet...

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.

It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.

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...

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...