What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Why this is very midsummer madness.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

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...

By that sin fell the angels.

By that sin fell the angels.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

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...

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

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

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

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

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.

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

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