'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

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...

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

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

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

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...

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel.

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Such as we are made of, such we be.

Such as we are made of, such we be.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.